This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
- 49.0.1-0ubuntu1
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gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (49.0.1-0ubuntu1) questing;
urgency=medium
* New upstream release 49.0.1:
- Add support for Gnome Shell 49
- Fix Glib.unix_signal_add() warning (LP: #2111697)
- Fix accessibility in the rename popup (LP: #2116085)
- Fix the icon name being said twice with screen readers
- Use dh-armor when creating a debian package (thanks to Alessandro Astone)
- Support selection using Shift+cursor keys
- Allow to select and unselect files with Ctrl+Space
- HOME moves to the top-left icon
- END moves to the bottom-right icon
- Better a11y (LP: #2117725)
* Drop upstreamed patch: metadata-Add-support-for-GNOME-49.patch
-- Daniel van Vugt <[email protected]> Thu, 31 Jul 2025
13:47:56 +0800
** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (Ubuntu Questing)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2117725
Title:
Desktop names aren't accessible
Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng source package in Noble:
New
Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng source package in Plucky:
New
Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng source package in Questing:
Fix Released
Bug description:
When using the keyboard (Ctrl+Alt+TAB) to switch between desktop
elements, the desktop icons window has an odd name.
[ Impact ]
This bug affects to any user that works with the keyboard instead a
mouse, and mainly to those that depend on a screen reader, because the
desktop icons window has an odd name like "@!0,0;BDHF".
This has been fixed upstream and in Questing:
https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/desktop-icons-ng/-/merge_requests/447
[ Test plan ]
To test this, just keep pressed Ctrl+Alt+TAB. A popup window will
appear with four elements, and one of them will be the desktop
window(s). If the window has the name "Desktop icons 1", then it works
fine; if it has an odd name like "@!0,0;BDHF", then it's not working.
There will be one window per physical monitor.
[ Where problems could occur ]
The patch touches mainly the extension itself, and the "X11 emulator
for Wayland". This can result, if there is a bug, in an incorrect
window size and/or placement, resulting in desktop icons misplaced, or
even a failure to launch the desktop icons application.
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