Bug #17160

[Tails 4] Regression: Desktop icons no longer show startup notification

Added by eloquence 2019-10-18 00:30:56 . Updated 2019-10-19 06:21:49 .

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Description

Tails 3.x shows a startup notification (the mouse cursor turns into a spinner) when you launch an application via its desktop shortcuts (e.g., the “Report an Error” icon). This is accomplished via the `StartupNotify=true` setting in the shortcut, set in the `.desktop` file for a given shortcut.

This type of user feedback is important, as applications can take a long time to launch from a USB drive.

Unfortunately, in Tails 4 (tested in beta1 and RC1), these notifications no longer appear. To reproduce, double-click any icon on a Tails 4 desktop, and note the lack of any obvious notification to the user that an application has been launched.

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#1 Updated by eloquence 2019-10-18 00:31:54

It looks like icons are now shown via a GNOME shell extension. Is this regression the result of lack of upstream support for `StartupNotify`? If so, happy to file an upstream issue in https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons .

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2019-10-18 13:45:12

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I’ve reproduced this problem.

> It looks like icons are now shown via a GNOME shell extension. Is this regression the result of lack of upstream support for `StartupNotify`?

I guess it is, because essentially the same .desktop launchers do trigger the startup notification mechanism when clicked in the Applications menu.

> If so, happy to file an upstream issue in https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons .

Yes, please :)