Bug 223849

Summary:	Multiple programs with the same name/icon should be differentiated by description in application launcher
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Yuri <yuri>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	justin.zobel
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	FreeBSD Ports
OS:	FreeBSD
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Yuri 2010-01-22 21:21:01 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.4)
OS:                FreeBSD
Installed from:    FreeBSD Ports

I have Firefox installed as FreeBSD executable and also in wine as Windows executable.
When I type 'firefox' in the 'Search' box both of them are shown with the same icon/name in launcher menu. Only FreeBSD one gets gray description when mouse is over it, and it only says that it's 'Firefox3 Web Browser'. Windows executable related item doesn't have a gray description at all. 

Disambiguating description should always appear when icons/name combinations are the same.
It should always be clear which version of particular program is which.

PS: With Skype it's worse. Native and Windows executables are shown in exactly the same way without even any descriptions when mouse is over.

Comment 1 Yuri 2010-06-04 20:22:13 UTC

On FreeBSD with installed native firefox3, linux fierfox3 and windows fierfox3 when I type 'firefox' I get 4 items in the search results:

Firefox Web Browser (Linux,devel)
 Web Browser (Linux,devel)

Firefox3 Web Browser
 Web Browser

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode)

For the simple user it's hard to tell the difference between some of these items. Last two come from the Windows version installed under wine. This should be in description (like for linux version)

Comment 2 Vishesh Handa 2015-01-21 15:24:01 UTC

Hi.

I checked and it seems that the .desktop files are identical. They provide the same description, icon and name. With that it's quite hard for us to disambiguate the applications. Perhaps you an idea?

Comment 3 Yuri 2015-01-21 20:14:21 UTC

Two easy ideas:
1. Paths of the programs must be different, so in such case KDE can attach the full paths to the program's textual description
2. Add color-coding to icons in such case, so that they will look different.

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Of course, this is the rare situation, but it is a possibility. This happens when there is a collision between versions from different OSes, or different versions of the same program for the same OS. And KDE should handle such case.