Bug 449231

Summary: Application symlinked to desktop doesn't show icon
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: elman
Component: FolderAssignee: Eike Hein <hein>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: nate, plasma-bugs
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.23.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Attachments: missing icon

Description elman 2022-01-27 09:05:03 UTC
Created attachment 145979 [details]
missing icon

SUMMARY
I have file ~/.local/share/appliactions/syncthing.desktop which uses custom svg icon

[Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_US]=
Comment=
Exec=syncthing
GenericName[en_US]=Open source continuous replication / cluster synchronization thing
GenericName=Open source continuous replication / cluster synchronization thing
Icon=/home/<user>/.icons/scalable/syncthing.svg
MimeType=
Name[en_US]=Syncthing
Name=Syncthing
NoDisplay=false
Path[$e]=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=0
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

When I create symlink to Desktop folder, it doesn't show icon. I have another application that uses custom png for icon and that symlink shows icon. I'm using Folder View.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create user .desktop file with svg icon 
2. Create symlink to desktop

OBSERVED RESULT
No icon is shown.

EXPECTED RESULT
Icon should be shown.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.16.2-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-01-27 20:40:00 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 448116 ***