Bug 504404

Summary:	Add description to System Monitor's desktop file
Product:	[Applications] plasma-systemmonitor	Reporter:	Tamás Králl <tamaskrall42>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KSysGuard Developers <ksysguard-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	ahiemstra, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-systemmonitor/-/commit/e73b97552ef217c266654a2ae37c1dfdb01c551c	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	6.5.0
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Description Tamás Králl 2025-05-17 10:28:51 UTC

SUMMARY
Desktop files (*.desktop) have three properties: Name, Description (GenericName) and Comment.

If the Description is missing, a description won't be shown when the user hovers over the app's icon in the task manager.

System Monitor's desktop file doesn't have a description. So a description could be added, something like "System Monitoring Utility".

Comment 1 Tamás Králl 2025-05-19 20:46:09 UTC

Since this is a Plasma-only application with a generic name (not a "brand" name), it doesn't really need a description, so this bug report can probably be marked as RESOLVED INTENTIONAL, but I'll wait for a developer to make that decision.

The same was decided for Welcome Center in BUG 504401.

Comment 2 Arjen Hiemstra 2025-05-20 08:01:53 UTC

Yeah I was going to say, I can't really come up with a better generic name than "system monitor".

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-05-21 19:36:23 UTC

After doing a bit more research here, I realize I was wrong. It's actually the opposite: we should fix Task Manager (bug 504431) rather than reducing useful metadata. The metadata can't assume the anything about the presentation layer, so we should be good citizens and set everything. Re-opening.

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-05-21 19:37:14 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-systemmonitor/-/merge_requests/365

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2025-05-22 13:14:37 UTC

Git commit e73b97552ef217c266654a2ae37c1dfdb01c551c by Nate Graham.
Committed on 22/05/2025 at 13:00.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

Add GenericName to .desktop file

It'll be the exact same thing as the app name, but that's fine; it's for
the benefit of any presentation layer that wants to show generic names
rather than brand names.
FIXED-IN: 6.5.0

M  +1    -0    org.kde.plasma-systemmonitor.desktop

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-systemmonitor/-/commit/e73b97552ef217c266654a2ae37c1dfdb01c551c