Bug 499065

Summary:	Metabug: Make it easier to distinguish multiple versions of the same app when they're shown side-by-side
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Fernando M. Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	task	CC:	fanzhuyifan, kde, kdedev, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.2.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Bug Depends on:	500695, 500732, 500733, 500734, 500735
Bug Blocks:

Description Fernando M. Muniz 2025-01-23 17:49:34 UTC

I'm requesting something that would allow users to better distinguish multiple versions of the same app.

Firefox (AUR)
Firefox (Snap)
Firefox (Flatpak)

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-01-23 18:46:30 UTC

Where? Please be specific about where you're seeing the issue.

Comment 2 Fernando M. Muniz 2025-01-23 19:17:06 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Where? Please be specific about where you're seeing the issue.

Anywhere that shows apps, more importantly the Application Menu, the Panel, and Desktop.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-01-23 21:01:30 UTC

These are all different places with their own code and semantics for how to show apps; ideally they need their own bug reports, and we can use this as a meta-bug to group them.

I can't find existing bug reports about this; can you open some and mark them as depending on this one, via their "Depends On" fields?

Bug 498875 for the Task Manager is related, but not quite that the same. That one can be related to the bug report tracking disambiguating them for pinned Task Manager apps.

Comment 4 Fernando M. Muniz 2025-01-23 21:16:40 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> These are all different places with their own code and semantics for how to
> show apps; ideally they need their own bug reports, and we can use this as a
> meta-bug to group them.
> 
> I can't find existing bug reports about this; can you open some and mark
> them as depending on this one, via their "Depends On" fields?
> 
> Bug 498875 for the Task Manager is related, but not quite that the same.
> That one can be related to the bug report tracking disambiguating them for
> pinned Task Manager apps.

Perhaps adding a tiny AUR/Flatpak/Snap logo on the corner of their icons would solve the issue with all these areas at once? Even better if the system can detect these multiple versions so it only shows it when it's necessary.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2025-01-23 21:32:32 UTC

Unfortunately it would need to be implemented in all three places. That's not a bad idea though.

Comment 6 Fernando M. Muniz 2025-02-24 21:23:07 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> I can't find existing bug reports about this; can you open some and mark
> them as depending on this one, via their "Depends On" fields?

Done. Bug 500695

Comment 7 fanzhuyifan 2025-02-24 22:26:27 UTC

(In reply to Fernando M. Muniz from comment #4)
> Perhaps adding a tiny AUR/Flatpak/Snap logo on the corner of their icons
> would solve the issue with all these areas at once? Even better if the
> system can detect these multiple versions so it only shows it when it's
> necessary.

I don't think currently this is possible -- kde plasma uses information from the desktop files, and it is up to the distribution what is contained in the desktop files.