Can't add QT applications to favourites

[davethecipo]

Hello!

I can easily add GTK applications to favourites with a right click in order to show them on the dock even when they're not running. I can't say the same for QT applications.

Steps to reproduce:

• open a QT application like konsole, dolphin
• right click on the icon in the dock
• "add to favourites" doesn't appear

Configuration:

• Extension version 55
• gnome-shell 3.22.1+2+g5a08886-1
• Arch linux (updated)
• 2 monitors

dconf dump /org/gnome/shell/extensions/dash-to-dock/
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apply-custom-theme=true
preferred-monitor=0
dock-fixed=true
require-pressure-to-show=false
dock-position='BOTTOM'
intellihide-mode='MAXIMIZED_WINDOWS'
show-apps-at-top=true

Further info:

• All other extensions have been disabled
• I can't find any error panel in Looking Glass
• No errors reported by journalctl /usr/bin/gnome-session -f (run as root)
• No errors in ~/.xsession-errors
• resetting settings doesn't change the behaviour
• Running gnome-shell --replace gives errors but they don't seem related to the extension

gnome-shell --replace

(gnome-shell:3900): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:68:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-x is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(gnome-shell:3900): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:69:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-y is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(gnome-shell:3900): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:71:36: The style property GtkCheckMenuItem:indicator-size is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(gnome-shell:3900): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:76:30: The style property GtkExpander:expander-size is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version
Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Esecuzione del processo figlio "ibus-daemon" non riuscita (File o directory non esistente)
Gjs-Message: JS LOG: No permission to trigger offline updates: Polkit.Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update is not registered

[franglais125]

I can confirm this issue on Gnome 3.22. However, it seems to me that this is an upstream problem.
I tested this with both Dolphin and Konsole, a few comments:

• I managed to make it favorite by dragging the icon from the overview to the dash
• Once it is a favorite, it doesn't work well: opening Dolphin will open a new (identical) icon on the dash.
• "Add to favorites" is missing from the context menu
• The 3 items listed above are true as well on the default dash from the Shell, without the extension.

[See screenshots in the next comment].

@davethecipo can you confirm that this is a problem also on the regular dash, i.e. with dash-to-dock disabled?

[franglais125]

With Dash-to-dock

Can't make it favorite from context menu:

You can make it favorite by dragging, but doesn't work properly:

[franglais125]

Dash-to-dock disabled

Same problems as above:

[davethecipo]

@franglais125 you're right, this seems an upstream problem, I didn't think about disabling dash to dock before reporting the bug.

[micheleg]

It really seems an upstream issue. Have you submitted an upstream bugreport?

[davethecipo]

No, I don't know exactly where I should report it

[micheleg]

I think it should be reported to the gnome shell bug tracker https://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=browse.html&product=gnome-shell

[davethecipo]

Thanks, I reported the bug. I'm not confident though, there're similar bugs that have been marked as duplicates of this one which is really old and nobody seems to care about.

[micheleg]

I've seen your bug report upstream in gnome and kde, therefore I'm closing this issue.