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Bug 432096 - SLAB should use "Name" and "Comment" fields from .desktop files
SLAB should use "Name" and "Comment" fields from .desktop files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 426190
Product: gnome-main-menu
Classification: Other
Component: general
unspecified
Other All
: Normal trivial
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Assigned To: GNOME main menu maintainers
GNOME main menu maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-04-21 23:24 UTC by Will Farrington
Modified: 2007-05-30 20:00 UTC
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Description Will Farrington 2007-04-21 23:24:31 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
Currently SLAB uses both Name and GenericName. The result is that GNOME HIG-compliant .desktop files are rendered in such a way that you get redundant information that looks like this:

 Firefox Web Browser
 Web Browser

What would make sense is for SLAB to start using the Comment field, so that the same desktop file would appear like so:

 Firefox Web Browser
 Browse the World Wide Web

Steps to reproduce:


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Karl Lattimer 2007-05-01 17:06:21 UTC 
This looks like a duplicate/extension of #426196 which I posted, and wrote a patch for. Although I'm not sure if its perfect, from this comment maybe this line and related should be GenericName not Description;

{ "Description",  G_TYPE_STRING,  FALSE, FALSE  }

?

This bug is filed against gnome-panel as it adds functionality for adding the descriptions to slab menu items via the provided panel-ditem-editor, which seems to be the only location where the inconsistency is lacking. See the related nautilus bug, as I originally spotted this while using the properties of a .desktop file in nautilus to change the descriptions as on create this isn't possible.

Someone please review the patch, make sure its correct... If the generic name issue is a problem then only two lines in the .patch need changing.
Comment 2 Jim Krehl 2007-05-30 20:00:23 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 426190 ***