Bug 502312 - Limited functionality compared to app entry editor used in Plasma <6.3
Summary: Limited functionality compared to app entry editor used in Plasma <6.3
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kmenuedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.3.3
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-04-02 11:05 UTC by Damglador
Modified: 2025-04-03 18:13 UTC (History)
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Description Damglador 2025-04-02 11:05:02 UTC
SUMMARY
Before Plasma 6.3 when editing applications in app menu it opened a different menu, which had quite a lot of features that are currently missing in kmenuedit. For example:
- Viewing what MIME types are using the app
- Forcing app to use dGPU: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/xd0hw0/theres_no_option_to_run_apps_using_the_dedicated/ | https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/s/pJcmjLWCSM
- Ability to assign or remove a MIME type for the app
- There's no information about where desktop file for the app is stored


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. View properties of a desktop file
2. "Edit application..." on an app in app menu

OBSERVED RESULT
Editing application entry from app menu have cut functionality compared to the properties of the desktop file, which was the way to edit application entries before Plasma <6.3

EXPECTED RESULT
Parity in functionality between desktop file properties and kmenuedit, or at least an indicator of where the desktop file of an app is stored for editing it manually

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 13.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-04-02 21:05:41 UTC
One request per bug report please.

"Forcing app to use dGPU" will be implemented in https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kmenuedit/-/merge_requests/44, and is tracked by Bug 502198.

"There's no information about where desktop file for the app is stored" is already fixed in Plasma 6.4; see https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kmenuedit/-/merge_requests/40 and Bug 412852.

Similarly, we need an individual bug report for each other omission/request. Can you do that? thanks!
Comment 2 Damglador 2025-04-03 18:13:49 UTC
Done https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502369 👍