Upstream closed it as duplicate of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/184 and basically argue that it's not an useful feature. Do you find it useful in other places than the desktop view. If not maybe they are right and it should be a feature request for the desktop view (which is a new component now)
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812746 Title: .desktop files not displayed or executed correctly in 3.30 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1812746/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs