Plasma 5: cannot change icons on desktop application links

JanErik · Guru Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Posts: 488 Location: Finland

I can open the Desktop directory in Dolphin and select another icon in the properties of each link, but saving settings does nothing. Permissions are correct.
The links were created in KDE4 FWIW, but it's the same if I make a new one.

Section_8 · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 3:22 pm Post subject:

I think I've seen the same thing: right click on a .desktop file, and open the "properties" dialog. Anything I try to update in that dialog - not just the icon - is not saved when the dialog is closed. It looks like it saves the updates and no error occurs, but the .desktop file is not updated.

My workaround has been to edit .desktop files using kwrite instead, which *will* save the updates.

JanErik · Guru Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Posts: 488 Location: Finland

OK, this works. Is upstreams aware of this issue?

Section_8 · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 3:27 am Post subject:

I suspect it is just some incompatibility somewhere. When I first upgraded from kde4 to plasma 5, I was still running dolphin 4.14.3-r1 (stable then) and found this problem: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1044272-highlight-.html. The upgrade to dolphin 15.12.3-r1 fixed it.