Bug 413500

Summary: Ampersands in category names are not shown in the 'desktop actions' application menu
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Kishore Gopalakrishnan <kishore96>
Component: ContainmentAssignee: Sebastian Kügler <sebas>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor CC: bugseforuns, nate, niccolo, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.17.90   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Screenshot of the menu.

Description Kishore Gopalakrishnan 2019-10-27 05:52:35 UTC
Created attachment 123508 [details]
Screenshot of the menu.

SUMMARY
In 'Configure Desktop > Mouse Actions', there is an option to bind an application menu to a mouse action on the desktop. The menu that appears when you do this does not display ampersands in category names (eg. `Science & Maths`, `Lost & Found`; see attached screenshot).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Right click on Desktop > Configure Desktop > Mouse Actions.
2. Bind 'Application Launcher' to middle-click.
3. Middle-click on desktop.

OBSERVED RESULT
Category names are displayed stripping ampersands.

EXPECTED RESULT
Categroy names should be displayed with ampersands.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux distro: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.63.0
Qt Version: 5.13.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I couldn't figure out any other place where this menu is used. The ampersands are displayed properly in the launcher plasmoids.
Comment 1 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-21 09:39:10 UTC
This seems to be fixed in the latest version of Plasma (6.5).