Bug 251751 - Icon assignment button not active in 'create new link to application' and no sensible default provided
Summary: Icon assignment button not active in 'create new link to application' and no ...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Faure
URL:
Keywords: usability
: 287101 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-09-19 20:21 UTC by gay
Modified: 2020-04-08 09:28 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Description gay 2010-09-19 20:21:45 UTC 
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.1) 
OS:                Linux

When you select 'create new link to application' The icon assignment button on the resulting dialog is not active, and you always get a default icon.
Interestingly, if you right-click an existing icon, and choose 'properties',
the same dialog appears, but the icon assign button _is_ acrive.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Right click on desktop in 'folder view' mode, 
select 'Create New' -> 'Link to Application'

Actual Results:  
Icon select button inactive.

Expected Results:  
Button should allow to choose an icon
Comment 1 Dario Andres 2010-12-12 00:34:44 UTC 
[Comment from a bug triager]
This also affects Dolphin. Reassigning. Thanks
Comment 2 Sergio 2018-04-20 09:15:30 UTC 
I also see this - marking as confirmed.

Seen on plasma 5.12.4, framework 5.44.0, on Kubuntu Artful + KDE PPA (with latest plasma + framework).

When you use "create new link to application", as mentioned the icon assignment button is not active.

The matter is made much worse by the fact that on my system the 'default icon' is no icon at all. So you end up creating things on the desktop that are almost invisible until you hover over them with the mouse.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Right click on desktop in 'folder view' mode, 
select 'Create New' -> 'Link to Application'

Actual Results:  
Icon select button inactive. Link is created *with no icon*. Hovering over the link, and pressing properties opens a property dialog from which you can apply an icon.

Expected Results:  
Button should allow to choose an icon and if you do not change it, *provide a sensible default*.
Comment 3 Patrick Silva 2018-04-21 14:22:36 UTC 
*** Bug 287101 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Ahmad Samir 2020-04-08 09:28:30 UTC 
Looks like it works now. Feel free to reopen if you still see this issue with a recent-enough version of KF5.