Bug 2143825

Summary: The 'Link' type desktop entry keys doesn't work.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: yzheng <yzheng>
Component: gnome-shell-extensionsAssignee: Florian Müllner <fmuellner>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Michael Boisvert <mboisver>
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Version: 8.7CC: debarshir, dking, fmuellner, jadahl, mclasen, ndegraef, oholy, otaylor, tpelka, tpopela
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Fixed In Version: gnome-shell-extensions-3.32.1-30.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2023-05-16 08:37:43 UTC Type: Bug
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Description yzheng 2022-11-18 02:01:08 UTC 
Description of problem:

One of my customer found that he cannot use this customized desktop shortcut to access the web site:

~/Desktop/redhat.desktop
~~~
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=RedHat
Type=Link
URL=https://www.redhat.com/
Icon=text-html
~~~


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

RHEL 8.7 GA
gnome-session-3.28.1-14.el8.x86_64
gnome-desktop3-3.32.2-1.el8.x86_64
gnome-shell-3.32.2-48.el8.x86_64


How reproducible:


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Actual results:

I can reproduce it on my test VM.

I also found if I used the 'application' type, everything is OK:

~/Desktop/redhat.desktop
~~~
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=RedHat
Type=Application
Exec=firefox --new-window https://www.redhat.com/
Icon=text-html
~~~


Expected results:

The 'Link' type takes the effect.


Additional info:

Have I make some mistakes here?


Thank you.
Comment 4 Michael Boisvert 2022-12-12 19:25:40 UTC 
gnome-shell-extensions-3.32.1-30.el8 corrected the issue and made the custom icon file able to be launched.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 08:37:43 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (gnome-shell-extensions bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2840