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The desktop file is lacking a Categories= entry

Open probonopd opened this issue 6 years ago • 2 comments

The desktop file is lacking a Categories= entry in the *.desktop file.

According to the menu spec,

By including one of the Main Categories in an application's desktop entry file, the application will be ensured that it will show up in a section of the application menu dedicated to this category. If multiple Main Categories are included in a single desktop entry file, the entry may appear more than once in the menu.

Hence, please add at least one of the following in the Categories= key.

Main Category Description Notes
AudioVideo Application for presenting, creating, or processing multimedia (audio/video)
Audio An audio application Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well
Video A video application Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well
Development An application for development
Education Educational software
Game A game
Graphics Application for viewing, creating, or processing graphics
Network Network application such as a web browser
Office An office type application
Science Scientific software
Settings Settings applications Entries may appear in a separate menu or as part of a "Control Center"
System System application, "System Tools" such as say a log viewer or network monitor
Utility Small utility application, "Accessories"

In addition, you could specify one or more from the longer list of Additional Categories.

Please test the result with desktop-file-validate and make sure it passes.

electron-builder offers native support for this since v19.22.1.. Please see the category key at https://www.electron.build/configuration/linux-other.

References:

  • https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageHub/issues/2
  • https://github.com/AppImage/appimage.github.io/pull/417

probonopd avatar Mar 03 '18 12:03 probonopd

Fixed on https://github.com/supertriodo/Arena-Tracker/commit/4d80a70ab83f188a50bb2f65662f23982f593eb7

supertriodo avatar Aug 18 '18 12:08 supertriodo

In https://github.com/supertriodo/Arena-Tracker/releases/download/v6.72/ArenaTracker.Linux.AppImage, Key Categories is still not in .desktop file exactly once

probonopd avatar Aug 19 '18 17:08 probonopd