Bug 504405 - Add description to Emoji Selector's desktop file
Summary: Add description to Emoji Selector's desktop file
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Emoji Selector
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-05-17 10:32 UTC by Tamás Králl
Modified: 2025-05-22 13:39 UTC (History)
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Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.5.0
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Description Tamás Králl 2025-05-17 10:32:03 UTC
SUMMARY
Desktop files (*.desktop) have three properties: Name, Description (GenericName) and Comment.

If the Description is missing, a description won't be shown when the user hovers over the app's icon in the task manager.

Emoji Selector's desktop file doesn't have a description. So a description could be added, something like "Emoji Utility".
Comment 1 Tamás Králl 2025-05-19 20:45:37 UTC
Since this is a Plasma-only application with a generic name (not a "brand" name), it doesn't really need a description, so this bug report can probably be marked as RESOLVED INTENTIONAL, but I'll wait for a developer to make that decision.

The same was decided for Welcome Center in BUG 504401.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-05-21 19:53:07 UTC
After doing a bit more research here, I realize I was wrong. It's actually the opposite: we should fix Task Manager (bug 504431) rather than reducing useful metadata. The metadata can't assume the anything about the presentation layer, so we should be good citizens and set everything.
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-05-21 19:54:29 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3013
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-05-22 13:39:43 UTC
Git commit 78c7ab617a3e3ccc7dd5bb97bd3774029c08d14b by Nate Graham.
Committed on 22/05/2025 at 13:00.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

Add GenericName to .desktop file

It'll be the exact same thing as the app name, but that's fine; it's for
the benefit of any presentation layer that wants to show generic names
rather than brand names.
FIXED-IN: 6.5.0

M  +1    -0    emojier/app/org.kde.plasma.emojier.desktop

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/78c7ab617a3e3ccc7dd5bb97bd3774029c08d14b