Duplicate Brave Icons in Arch

[hoggatt]

Description

Clicking on the brave browser (dev) icon creates a duplicate icon in the ubuntu dash (or dock, or panel).

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install brave-browser-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 following the standard instructions.
2. Pin "Brave Browser (dev)" to "Favorites"
3. Click on the icon, a duplicate will show up (see screenshot)

Actual result:

Expected result:

Reproduces how often:

Every time

Brave version (about:brave info)

Brave: 0.55.2 Chromium: 70.0.3528.4 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)

Reproducible on current release:

Not if installed through 'snap'

Additional Information

To fix the issue, the following line needs to be added to "/usr/share/applications/Brave Web Browser (dev)":
StartupWMClass=brave-browser

If I add this line, behavior is correct (as seen in the second screenshot).

[srirambv]

Possibly duplicate of #713. Only able to add Brave to favourites from apps list overview but doesn't show dev logo shows release version logo.

[hoggatt]

For anyone with this problem, the following command fixes it:
sudo sed -i '/Actions=new-window;new-private-window;/a StartupWMClass=brave-browser' /usr/share/applications/brave-browser-dev.desktop

[Kallestofeles]

Any news on when this might get fixed and pushed to stable release?
Same behavior on Arch linux with brave-bin package (stable) - on gnome it simply creates another icon to the dock/taskbar and the solution is to change the StartupWMClass value in /usr/share/applications/brave-bin.desktop file:
from

StartupWMClass=brave

to

StartupWMClass=brave-browser

[Brave-Matt]

+1 from Community:
https://community.brave.com/t/various-bugs-on-arch-or-manjaro-linux/38521

[TheRoarkster]

This is still open, so I wanted to confirm it remains an issue Gnome -- in this case on Manjaro. But the same problem exists:

1. User cannot add "Brave" to the dock by right clicking because the option to "Add to Favorites" does not display (see here for similar issue);
2. Adding Brave to dock (by dragging from Gnome "Show Applications") works, but starting Brave leads to a second -- non-system-themed icon at the end of the dock

Oddly, on Manjaro and Arch, if you install the AUR version of Brave, this does not occur.

Note: you can manually fix the issue by following the instructions here.

[fmarier]

I've not been able to reproduce this problem on Ubuntu 18.04. I followed the instructions in the bug description and after adding the icon to my favorites, I can start brave by clicking on the icon, but it doesn't create an additional icon as seen in the screenshots.

@lhoggatt17 Are you still seeing this problem if you remove the work-around you added?

[killua99]

I can confirm this is still a thing on Manjaro as TheRoarkster did mention. With the steps from before it's fixed.

[stingray21]

Same for me on Manjaro Gnome. I run this snippet after every update to fix it:

sudo sed -i 's/StartupWMClass=brave/StartupWMClass=brave-browser/g' "/usr/share/applications/brave.desktop"

[thiagola92]

I am having both issues in Ubuntu 20.04 (Brave Nightly)

• Only able to add Brave to favorites from apps list overview.
• Clicking on the brave browser icon creates a duplicate icon in the Ubuntu dash (or dock, or panel).

[fmarier]

@thiagola92 If you're using Nightly, then we are tracking that particular issue in #1746 instead. I believe it's only an issue with the Nightly version of Brave at this point.