Bug 473448

Summary:	Information preview for Desktop Entry files (.desktop) could be much better
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Oded Arbel <oded>
Component:	panels: information	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	hartmann.christian, kfm-devel
Priority:	NOR
Version:	23.07.90
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Oded Arbel 2023-08-16 12:41:46 UTC

SUMMARY

With the Information panel open, selecting a .desktop file (FreeDesktop.org Desktop Entry), the information panel appears to try to extract some information from the file itself - specifically, it shows the "Comment" field's value as the "Type" field in the information panel, if the "Comment" field exists - otherwise it just says "desktop entry".

Looking at some .desktop files in my ~/.local/share/applications, Steam games are shown with "Type: Play this game on Steam" while the Firefox's snap desktop entry says "Type: Browse the World Wide Web". This is less than useful...


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.27
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.109.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.2.0-27-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: offscreen
Processors: 20 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H
Memory: 31.0 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I believe it is obvious that a better value for the information panel's "Type" field would be the Desktop Entry "Type" field (if exists - otherwise the text "desktop entry" is probably a good enough value), but it would also be super useful to expose the "Name" field and possibly the "Comment" field in a way that shows that its the comment.

Comment 1 Christian Hartmann 2023-08-17 06:47:15 UTC

Type: should be Type= 

and top down the panel should show: 
Type: Application (e.g.), 
Name: ...., 
Comment: ... .  

All read from the respective Values in the .desktop file.