Manually deleted menu entries didn't resotore after reinstal aplication
Bug #236070 reported by
Bazilio
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KDE Base |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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kdebase (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 3.5.9
Sorry for my english, I'm russian.
I deleted firefox from k-menu. then I deleted firefox by `sudo apt-get remove firefox`. then I installed firefox by `sudo apt-get install firefox`. After that firefox didn't apear in k-menu. Same situation with other applications. I know, that it's not correct way to uninstal application. But if I dont wont to see icon in k-menu, I delete it. If I would like to see it again, I can't automaticaly return it and have to manually create menu entry.
Changed in kdebase: | |
importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
status: | New → Unknown |
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in kdebase (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in kdebase: | |
importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
Changed in kde-baseapps: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
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The bug report is valid from a user perspective.
This is, however, due to a design choice of KDE. The changes made are saved to '~/.config/ menus/applicati ons-kmenuedit. menu', and reinstalling a package can have no control over this.
From http:// docs.kde. org/stable/ en/kdebase- runtime/ userguide/ kde-menu. html :
"Common Pitfalls
Applications not in the menu do not exist with regard to other applications or file associations: If you remove an application from the menu, KDE assumes you don't want to use it.
When applications are unwanted in the menu, either place them in .hidden menu or a dedicated menu with
NoDisplay=true
in the .directory file"
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As said, from the "design perspective" this bug may be classified as "Invalid", but it does not remove or negate the negative user experience. The best option (from a user perspective) would probably be for 'kmenuedit' to have a separate tickbox for "Hide this menu entry". I do not know if this is done/planned in KDE 4.