https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503655
Bug ID: 503655
Summary: [Feature Request] Application / Settings menu for
editing/viewing `.desktop` files
Classification: I don't know
Product: kde
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: unassigned-b...@kde.org
Reporter: ins...@no.capfr.fr
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
`.desktop` files are annoying to deal with and are spread across innumerable
directories across often multiple drives and partitions, but somehow always get
picked up. This leads to inconvenient situations where the application search
can return 50 results for "Steam" of which 1 is correct and 49 are dead
references with no discernible origin.
Because KDE seems to be able to pick up `.desktop` files even if they're
written on paper in an old shoebox in my grandma's attic it also becomes
impossible to edit or remove incorrect or orphaned `.desktop` entries.
I would wish for an application or settings submenu where I can graphically
edit `.desktop` files that were auto-detected by KDE or at least for a way to
right-click on a Search result in the application search, which would show me
the path where these parasitic `.desktop` files are located, so that I can
delete them.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Type anything into the application search
2. See that you have many search results with absolutely no context
3. Despair
OBSERVED RESULT
Application Search results are displayed with no way of finding out what their
origin is, leaving search results cluttered with garbage that cannot be removed
without running a `find` command that searches all mounted volumes for files
with the `.desktop` extension
EXPECTED RESULT
Right-Clicking on a Search result should open a small context menu that shows
me the file path for this particular `.desktop` file. Alternatively there
could be a menu in the system settings for Desktop Shortcuts, where I would be
able to see the path of the `.desktop` file, see the execute parameter and
possibly change/add icons
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux 6.14.2-273-tkg-bore
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Sorry for not properly categorizing this feature request, I don't know where I
should've put it.
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