Bug 316494

Summary:	KDE menu editor does not save the changes
Product:	[Applications] kmenuedit	Reporter:	Lucian Marinescu <marinescu.gl>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	allenwjones, austin.hoppe7, bugseforuns, cfeck, giantpune, lozano_cv
Priority:	NOR
Version:	0.9
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Lucian Marinescu 2013-03-10 22:16:41 UTC

I am trying to remove the Firefox installer from the KDE menu (aka the application launcher), so I right-click on it, select "Edit applications..." and then delete it.
I click on Save and expect it not to appear again when I write "firefox" in the search bar, but it still does.

I launch the KDE menu editor again, enable the hidden entries and the Firefox installer is still there under ".hidden". I delete it again, but to no avail; the entry is still there when I type "firefox" in the search bar.

I lauch the KDE menu editor a third time and the Firefox installer is still there, under .hidden.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Please the the "Details" section.
Actual Results:  
Menu entries are not being deleted.

Expected Results:  
I expect to be able to delete for good a menu entry, isntead of that entry appearing again and again each time I  launch the menu editor.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2013-03-16 17:55:08 UTC

To really delete it, you need to remove the package. KMenuEdit can only mark root-owned desktop files as hidden.

Comment 2 Allen W. Jones 2016-06-24 20:32:55 UTC

kmenuedit version 5.5.5
KDE Frameworks 5.18.0
Qt 5.5.1 (built against 5.5.1)
The xcb windowing system

I have noted a similar experience while making changes using kmenuedit. The .hidden submenu doesn't allow rename or delete. The items in that menu won't stay deleted unless you manually kill the associated file entries.

Comment 3 Patrick Silva 2019-02-15 14:41:06 UTC

*** Bug 275093 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Patrick Silva 2019-02-15 14:41:16 UTC

*** Bug 268789 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Patrick Silva 2019-02-15 14:42:23 UTC

*** Bug 322968 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***