Any changes (including Name, Description, Comment etc.) on "Application" tab in .desktop file "Properties" window is not saved, the same goes for Icon Selector on "General" tab. Changing Name field on "General" tab works fine. Original .desktop file remains intact, however copy of it with cut off name appears in "~/.local/share/applications/". Name got cut off on what seems to be a random number of characters, but it also never contains spaces (e.g. "Link to Application.desktop becomes "plication.desktop", "cation.desktop", but never "ink to Application.desktop"). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create sample "Link to Application.desktop" 2. Right-click on it and choose "Properties" 3. Go to "Application" tab 4. Try to change any field 5. Click "OK" to save changes Actual Results: None of the changes to the original file are saved Copy of it with cut off name appears in "~/.local/share/applications/" Expected Results: Save changes to the original file
Created attachment 101279 [details] Screenshot of an attempt to change Icon, Name, Description and Comment fields
I think I saw the same during Akademy and showed it to David. Re-assigning to KIO.
I experience this as well. Workaround is to edit the .desktop file in a text editor. (documented under 'desktop entries')
Marking this as resolved, as I can't reproduce this anymore on the latest KDE Frameworks (5.30) and KDE Plasma (5.9.1).