Bug 450202

Summary:	Desktop's Application Launcher menu (not the widget) doesn't launch applications
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	suurj1
Component:	Containment	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	nicolas.fella, notmart
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.24.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description suurj1 2022-02-14 10:43:41 UTC

Using the desktop's "Application Launcher" functionality, which is founded in "Mouse Actions" within Desktop Folder Settings, it used to be able to launch programs just fine. Now, it cannot. Instead, it launches Kate text editor opening up the .desktop file for the application I was trying to open.

This bug can break a users desktop if they rely on this Application Launcher functionality based on their customization but I do have a dedicated application menu widget that works fine so it isn't as big of a deal for me but it is still annoying and would much prefer for it to be fixed. While the bug persists, the Application Launcher functionality for the desktop is useless.

Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2022-02-14 11:54:11 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 449900 ***