gnome-main-menu should use "Comment" fields from .desktop files instead of "GenericName"
Bug #108756 reported by
Murat Gunes
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| GNOME New Main Menu |
In Progress
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Medium
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| gnome-main-menu (Ubuntu) |
Opinion
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Discussed in http://
When GenericName is used from .desktop files, this results in redundant information being displayed, such as
Firefox Web Browser
Web Browser
Using the comment field will probably be more suitable; for Firefox it would result in:
Firefox Web Browser
Browse the World Wide Web
which is the way it appears on the Applications menu (the comment being the tooltip)
| Changed in gnome-main-menu: | |
| status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
| description: | updated |
| Changed in gnome-main-menu: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Rejected |
| Changed in gnome-main-menu: | |
| status: | Unknown → In Progress |
| Changed in gnome-main-menu: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
Revision history for this message
| Mila Kuchta (kuchta) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in gnome-main-menu: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| Changed in gnome-main-menu (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Opinion |
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Forum thread has gone, but I think the problem is elsewhere. Maybe Ubuntu have different policy, but "Desktop Entry Specification" states clearly that name shall be of type "Firefox" not "Firefox Web Browser".