Unity

Applications launched at startup lose their position in the launcher

Bug #825299 reported by Xavier Guillot
14
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
BAMF
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Unity
Fix Released
Undecided
Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
unity-2d
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
bamf (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

unity 4.8.0-0ubuntu1
libbamf0 0.2.94-0ubuntu1

TEST CASE:
1. Add an application to 'startup applications', lets say empathy.
2. Start empathy and set its position in the launcher by drag&drop
3. Make sure empathy is not the last application in the launcher.
4. Reboot your system.

WHAT HAPPENS:
When Ubuntu starts empathy is shown at the desktop(blank, thats another bug specifically in Oneiric), The position of empathy icon in the launcher becomes last.

WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN:
Empathy should keep its previous position, the position which was before reboot.

=========ORIGINAL REPORT============

Hello,

I use often Freeguide to donwload the TV programs and preview my favorites ones, the program works very well.

There is just a little problem : when Freeguide is opened, I move its icon on Unity dock to the place I want it, right click and select "Keep in launcher".

But at the next restart of my computer, as Freeguide is one application which runs automatically at startup, it appears well, but its icon on Unity dock goes back at the bottom of the dock, no more at the place I choosed...

See original description
Tags: testcase

Related branches

lp://staging/~3v1n0/unity/launcher-draggable-icons
Andrea Azzarone (community): Approve
Brandon Schaefer (community): Approve
Diff: 7548 lines (+3855/-1096)
72 files modified
UnityCore/DesktopUtilities.cpp (+29/-9)
UnityCore/DesktopUtilities.h (+1/-0)
UnityCore/GLibDBusProxy.cpp (+0/-4)
com.canonical.Unity.gschema.xml (+3/-3)
launcher/AbstractLauncherIcon.h (+16/-2)
launcher/BFBLauncherIcon.cpp (+1/-0)
launcher/BamfLauncherIcon.cpp (+31/-48)
launcher/BamfLauncherIcon.h (+0/-1)
launcher/CMakeLists.txt (+1/-0)
launcher/DesktopLauncherIcon.cpp (+19/-6)
launcher/DesktopLauncherIcon.h (+4/-12)
launcher/DeviceLauncherSection.cpp (+14/-7)
launcher/DeviceLauncherSection.h (+3/-5)
launcher/DndData.cpp (+5/-5)
launcher/DndData.h (+1/-1)
launcher/ExpoLauncherIcon.cpp (+64/-0)
launcher/ExpoLauncherIcon.h (+45/-0)
launcher/FavoriteStore.cpp (+93/-4)
launcher/FavoriteStore.h (+21/-8)
launcher/FavoriteStoreGSettings.cpp (+67/-68)
launcher/FavoriteStoreGSettings.h (+7/-4)
launcher/FavoriteStorePrivate.cpp (+14/-0)
launcher/FavoriteStorePrivate.h (+3/-1)
launcher/HudLauncherIcon.cpp (+2/-1)
launcher/Launcher.cpp (+82/-108)
launcher/Launcher.h (+5/-8)
launcher/LauncherController.cpp (+526/-341)
launcher/LauncherController.h (+1/-3)
launcher/LauncherControllerPrivate.h (+28/-41)
launcher/LauncherIcon.cpp (+31/-4)
launcher/LauncherIcon.h (+5/-9)
launcher/LauncherModel.cpp (+34/-32)
launcher/MockLauncherIcon.h (+11/-15)
launcher/SoftwareCenterLauncherIcon.cpp (+27/-38)
launcher/SoftwareCenterLauncherIcon.h (+1/-1)
launcher/SpacerLauncherIcon.cpp (+1/-1)
launcher/SpacerLauncherIcon.h (+0/-4)
launcher/StandaloneLauncher.cpp (+1/-1)
launcher/TrashLauncherIcon.cpp (+1/-0)
launcher/VolumeLauncherIcon.cpp (+34/-4)
launcher/VolumeLauncherIcon.h (+3/-0)
manual-tests/Launcher.txt (+15/-0)
panel/PanelMenuView.h (+0/-1)
plugins/unityshell/src/unityshell.cpp (+5/-7)
plugins/unityshell/unityshell.xml.in (+0/-6)
tests/CMakeLists.txt (+19/-11)
tests/gmockvolume.c (+3/-2)
tests/test_bamf_launcher_icon.cpp (+70/-2)
tests/test_bfb_launcher_icon.cpp (+11/-8)
tests/test_desktop_launcher_icon.cpp (+80/-0)
tests/test_desktop_utilities.cpp (+52/-22)
tests/test_device_launcher_section.cpp (+19/-54)
tests/test_expo_launcher_icon.cpp (+58/-0)
tests/test_favorite_store.cpp (+111/-0)
tests/test_favorite_store_gsettings.cpp (+52/-29)
tests/test_hud_launcher_icon.cpp (+53/-0)
tests/test_launcher.cpp (+226/-15)
tests/test_launcher_controller.cpp (+1246/-44)
tests/test_launcher_icon.cpp (+113/-0)
tests/test_launcher_model.cpp (+182/-40)
tests/test_main.cpp (+1/-0)
tests/test_main_xless.cpp (+1/-1)
tests/test_mock_devices.h (+93/-0)
tests/test_software_center_launcher_icon.cpp (+74/-0)
tests/test_trash_launcher_icon.cpp (+39/-0)
tests/test_volume_launcher_icon.cpp (+67/-46)
unity-shared/PluginAdapter.h (+2/-0)
unity-shared/PluginAdapterCompiz.cpp (+5/-0)
unity-shared/PluginAdapterStandalone.cpp (+15/-7)
unity-shared/WindowManager.cpp (+5/-0)
unity-shared/WindowManager.h (+1/-0)
unity-standalone/StandaloneUnity.cpp (+2/-2)
Omer Akram (om26er)
summary: - Icon of Freeguide in Unity dock : place not remembered
+ Applications launched at startup lose their position in the launcher
affects: freeguide-tv → bamf
Omer Akram (om26er)
description: updated
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in bamf (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in bamf (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in bamf:
status: New → Confirmed
Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)
tags: added: testcase
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity-2d:
status: New → Confirmed
Florian Boucault (fboucault)
Changed in unity-2d:
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Dan Jared (danjaredg) wrote :

this also happens in Unity 3d, when you run the first application that is not anchored in Unity Launcher

Revision history for this message
Xavier Guillot (valeryan-24) wrote :

Since 2 days, problem re-appeared in Ubuntu Precise 12.04 beta 2, only with firefox-trunk and thunderbird-trunk : icons on startup move just under the one of terminal, and for Thunderbird Daily there are 2 icons, one with the focus and ability to switch to the application, one with number of mails unread...

Revision history for this message
Xavier Guillot (valeryan-24) wrote :

In fact, even if I check "Keep in launcher" for Firefox and Thunderbird-trunk, they do not stay on Unity launcher.

They appear at each computer startup because I automatically run them, so the icons go in the bottom of the launcher and I have to move them.

Revision history for this message
Alex K (zedbloc) wrote :

I installed Nixnote on Ubuntu 12.04, locked the icon to my launcher, and set a custom icon via /usr/share/applications/nixnote.desktop.

When I copy nixnote.desktop to ~/.config/autostart/, Nixnote shows up in my startup applications list with the proper icon. When I log off then log back on, Nixnote launches automatically (as it should). However, it doesn't use the Nixnote icon that is already locked to the launcher - it uses a grainy icon that I am not able to successfully lock to my launcher (if I lock it, it disappears when I close Nixnote).

I will attach a screen shot and my xprop output for Nixnote.

Revision history for this message
Alex K (zedbloc) wrote :

nixnote.desktop content:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=NixNote
Comment=Use with Evernote to remember everything
GenericName=Evernote-clone
Exec=/usr/bin/nixnote
Icon=/media/MEDIA/Icons/Evernote/Evernote.png
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;

Revision history for this message
Alex K (zedbloc) wrote :

Attached screen shot of my Nixnote, startup issue.

Revision history for this message
Dan Jared (danjaredg) wrote :

The bug isn't present on ubuntu 12.10

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
Changed in bamf:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in unity-2d:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in bamf (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
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