Ubuntu
gnome-session package

Startup Applications makes me have to navigate the filesystem for binaries

Bug #382280 reported by Lightbreeze
16
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
One Hundred Papercuts
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Startup Applications (gnome-session-properties) doesn't offer a list of installed applications when I click 'Add', and instead I have to guess at the name of the binary or navigate the filesystem.
With a list I would get immediate feedback that I have added the application I want. I get an icon and description automagically.
 Lists are used in other places in GNOME, including the 'Open With...' dialog and adding a launcher to the panel.

delance (olivier-delance)
affects: ubuntu → gnome-desktop (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. The ubuntu team doesn't have the ressources to work on this specific issue but it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) → gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The bug is not really an easy fix, there is no gtk widget to have a nice application list right now, nautilus has its own dialog and copying it would mean quite some code duplication, better to wait for GTK to have a such widget

Revision history for this message
David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This is a great usability bug, but the fix is too large to be considered a paper cut.

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

This is a similar request to bug 382280, which has already been sent upstream. Marking this as a duplicate of that one;.

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.
Subscribing...

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.