Bug 499047

Summary: "Edit application..." option is missing for right-clicking on apps pinned to the Panel
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Fernando M. Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component: PanelAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal CC: nate, niccolo.venerandi
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.2.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: "Edit Application..."

Description Fernando M. Muniz 2025-01-23 11:17:20 UTC
I've noticed that while the bookmarked apps on the Application Menu have a "Edit application..." option when you right-click them, such option is missing when right-clicking apps pinned to the Panel.

I've noticed this when I was trying to write down flatpak names, which this option shows.
Comment 1 Fernando M. Muniz 2025-01-23 11:34:34 UTC
Created attachment 177617 [details]
"Edit Application..."
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-01-23 15:37:25 UTC
This is very likely intentional; over time we've tried to move potentially destructive edit actions into dedicated modes, so people can't get there by accident. From that perspective, the "Edit Application" menu item for apps in Kickoff the the odd one out, and probably ought to be removed.
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-01-23 16:54:38 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/5106
Comment 4 Fernando M. Muniz 2025-01-23 17:01:16 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> This is very likely intentional; over time we've tried to move potentially
> destructive edit actions into dedicated modes, so people can't get there by
> accident. From that perspective, the "Edit Application" menu item for apps
> in Kickoff the the odd one out, and probably ought to be removed.

I've posted Bug 499060 for an elegant alternative for finding out flatpak addresses.