I forgot to mention: Adding the duplicate .desktop entry also stops Chromium from showing in Settings -> Details -> Default Applications.
On Tue, 24 May 2016 15:30:52 +0100 Steve <fawty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: gnome-settings-daemon > Version: 3.20.1-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: upstream > > Chromium is my default web browser. > > Working example: > > Add a keyboard shortcut in Settings -> Keyboard -> Launchers -> > Launch web browser. > Using the shortcut launches Chromium as expected. > > Then create a duplicate .desktop entry for Chromium from > /usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop to > $HOME/.local/share/applications/chromium.desktop > (This was initially for the purpose of shortening the application > name as shown in the Gnome Shell applications overview). > > The keyboard shortcut no longer works. Nothing happens. > > Disable the shortcut for Launchers -> Launch web browser. > Add a new shortcut in Settings -> Keyboard -> Custom Shortcuts: > Name = Chromium > Command = chromium > ... and set an accelerator for this new shortcut. > Using this new custom shortcut works as expected with the > duplicate .desktop entry. > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: stretch/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on: > ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.26.0-1 > ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.20.0-3 > ii libasound2 1.1.0-1 > ii libc6 2.22-9 > ii libcairo2 1.14.6-1+b1 > ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-3 > ii libcanberra0 0.30-3 > ii libcolord2 1.3.2-1 > ii libcups2 2.1.3-5 > ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.4 > ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.34.0-1 > ii libgeoclue-2-0 2.4.3-1 > ii libgeocode-glib0 3.20.1-1 > ii libglib2.0-0 2.48.1-1 > ii libgnome-desktop-3-12 3.20.2-1 > ii libgtk-3-0 3.20.4-1 > ii libgudev-1.0-0 230-3 > ii libgweather-3-6 3.20.1-1 > ii liblcms2-2 2.7-1 > ii libnm0 1.2.2-1 > ii libnotify4 0.7.6-2 > ii libnspr4 2:4.12-2 > ii libnss3 2:3.23-2 > ii libpam-systemd 229-6 > ii libpango-1.0-0 1.40.1-1 > ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.40.1-1 > ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-15 > ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 8.0-2+b2 > ii libpulse0 8.0-2+b2 > ii librsvg2-2 2.40.15-1 > ii libupower-glib3 0.99.4-2 > ii libwacom2 0.19-1 > ii libwayland-client0 1.10.0-2 > ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1 > ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1 > ii libxi6 2:1.7.6-1 > ii libxtst6 2:1.2.2-1+b1 > ii nautilus-data 3.20.1-2 > > Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon recommends: > ii iio-sensor-proxy 1.1-1 > ii pulseaudio 8.0-2+b2 > > gnome-settings-daemon suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information