Created attachment 160954 [details] Screen grab of current and expected behaviour SUMMARY *** NOTE: If you are reporting a crash, please try to attach a backtrace with debug symbols. See https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports *** An applications' "Description" is always used as the default name shown in Kickoff. This is very annoying since almost always these are long and unnecessary. Worse, sometime the same description is used for two or more apps. Use the Name by default, (it is the "Name" after all!!!) or at the very least add the option to chose which field should be chosen as the default. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install a new application with a Description. 2. Open Kickoff 3. OBSERVED RESULT See attachment EXPECTED RESULT See attachment SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Your screenshot actually doesn't show Kickoff, but rather a semi-secret applications-only menu that you can configure to appear when right or middle clicking the desktop. Can you confirm that this is what you're asking for the change to be made in, and not Kickoff itself?
Created attachment 160966 [details] COrrected Kickoff vs. Desktop application menu comparison Note the change in the "name" used to identify Kolourpaint between Kickoff (Name) and the right click menu (Description)
It appears that there is already an option to do this. In the configuration window where you set up a mouse click action to show "Application Launcher", click the "Configure" button next to it. That will open a window that lets you check a checkbox for "Show applications by name".
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/3185
Git commit 5d194f7440e1072c52e3539563d494b2cc65e620 by Nate Graham. Committed on 16/08/2023 at 15:06. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. AppLauncher: show app names by default No not *that* Application launcher, the other one... By now we pretty much show app names by default everywhere, rather than their GenericName or Description values. This hidden off-by-default click-on-the-desktop app launcher menu is one of the last places where you'll see those. So let's make it consistent with the world around it. M +1 -1 containmentactions/applauncher/launch.cpp M +1 -1 containmentactions/applauncher/launch.h https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/5d194f7440e1072c52e3539563d494b2cc65e620