** Description changed: + [Impact] + The Unity dash can fail to display the icon or title from a .desktop file correctly if it resides under a directory containing a hyphen character. + + [Test case] As an example (on my 16.04 machine): $ cat << EOF > test.desktop [Desktop Entry] Name=Hyphen test Exec=/bin/true Type=Application Icon=/usr/share/icons/suru/apps/256/dash.png EOF $ chmod +x test.desktop $ mkdir ~/.local/share/applications/hyphen-test $ mv test.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/hyphen-test/ Now, open the dash and search for "hyphen". On my machine, I see the correct icon but no title is displayed underneath. $ mv ~/.local/share/applications/hyphen-test ~/.local/share/applications/hyphen Searching for "hyphen" in the dash now shows an entry with the correct icon and title (but also still shows the defunct previous entry without title). The effect of the hyphenated path seems variable. Some apps show the wrong icon, some have a missing title, some have both errors. The problem only seems to be with hyphens in the directories. Hyphens in the file itself are fine. See the screenshot - Might and Magic 4&5 has had a desktop file installed under a subdirectory with a hyphen, whereas Heroes of Might and Magic has a desktop file in the root directory but contains a hyphen in the filename. The latter is shown correctly, but the desktop files in the former directory are not shown properly. + + [Possible Regressions] + Nothing known.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity-lens-applications in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1582433 Title: Dash does not handle .desktop files correctly if there are hyphens in the directory path Status in unity-lens-applications package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] The Unity dash can fail to display the icon or title from a .desktop file correctly if it resides under a directory containing a hyphen character. [Test case] As an example (on my 16.04 machine): $ cat << EOF > test.desktop [Desktop Entry] Name=Hyphen test Exec=/bin/true Type=Application Icon=/usr/share/icons/suru/apps/256/dash.png EOF $ chmod +x test.desktop $ mkdir ~/.local/share/applications/hyphen-test $ mv test.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/hyphen-test/ Now, open the dash and search for "hyphen". On my machine, I see the correct icon but no title is displayed underneath. $ mv ~/.local/share/applications/hyphen-test ~/.local/share/applications/hyphen Searching for "hyphen" in the dash now shows an entry with the correct icon and title (but also still shows the defunct previous entry without title). The effect of the hyphenated path seems variable. Some apps show the wrong icon, some have a missing title, some have both errors. The problem only seems to be with hyphens in the directories. Hyphens in the file itself are fine. See the screenshot - Might and Magic 4&5 has had a desktop file installed under a subdirectory with a hyphen, whereas Heroes of Might and Magic has a desktop file in the root directory but contains a hyphen in the filename. The latter is shown correctly, but the desktop files in the former directory are not shown properly. [Possible Regressions] Nothing known. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-lens-applications/+bug/1582433/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
