Bug 495687 - Add the full Flatpak name to the app page
Summary: Add the full Flatpak name to the app page
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: discover (show other bugs)
Version: 6.2.2
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-11-01 13:23 UTC by Matt
Modified: 2024-11-04 15:47 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Mockup of the page including this information underneath the 'pretty' title (570.71 KB, image/png)
2024-11-01 13:23 UTC, Matt
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Description Matt 2024-11-01 13:23:46 UTC
Created attachment 175446 [details]
Mockup of the page including this information underneath the 'pretty' title

FEATURE REQUEST

It would be beneficial to have the true flatpak name available underneath the title of an app in its Discover page. The information could be shown as (for example):

APP
com.aa.bb.app
Author

Please see the attached for a mockup
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-11-01 15:03:33 UTC
What would be the user-facing advantage of showing this information? Who benefits, and how? We need a plausible and reasonable use case to be articulated before we could consider doing it.
Comment 2 Matt 2024-11-01 20:43:13 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> What would be the user-facing advantage of showing this information? Who
> benefits, and how? We need a plausible and reasonable use case to be
> articulated before we could consider doing it.

For example, if you were to try running an app from the terminal. One might have to open the desktop file to find the name to put in the “flatpak run” command. I can never remember what these apps are called, and I doubt I’m the only person who has that issue (minor as it is)
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-11-01 21:09:02 UTC
Thanks. But in that, case wouldn't it make more sense to look up the ID using `flatpak list`? Typically at the moment you want to do `flatpak run [something]` you've already in a terminal window anyway, but you don't have Discover open.
Comment 4 Matt 2024-11-01 22:52:44 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> Thanks. But in that, case wouldn't it make more sense to look up the ID
> using `flatpak list`? Typically at the moment you want to do `flatpak run
> [something]` you've already in a terminal window anyway, but you don't have
> Discover open.

I suppose that's a fair point actually. Seems I forgot about that command lol