Workflowly Linux Desktop application - no icon on Ubuntu 18.04

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Diep Pham

• May 05, 2018 02:33

OS: Ubuntu 18.04

Workflowy version: WorkFlowy-1.0.15-x86_64.AppImage

 

I can start Workflowy and using it as normal, but the sidebar has no icon.

Content of the .desktop file created first time I run the AppImage file.

$ cat ~/.local/share/applications/appimagekit-workflowy.desktop 
[Desktop Entry]
Name=WorkFlowy
Comment=Make Lists. Not War.
Exec="/home/favadi/AppImages/WorkFlowy-1.0.15-x86_64.AppImage" %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=appimagekit-workflowy
X-AppImage-Version=1.0.15
X-AppImage-BuildId=a2e98ff0-4276-11a8-2209-1bec9f3febd2
Categories=Office;
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.23
X-AppImage-Comment=Generated by /tmp/.mount_WorkFlihNfE3/AppRun
TryExec=/home/favadi/AppImages/WorkFlowy-1.0.15-x86_64.AppImage

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • May 09, 2018 22:46

  Good to know. Added to our bug list, thanks!

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  Prakash

  • June 07, 2018 08:27
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  Added this entry in desktop file and issue resolved for me. For me - two dock icons came. The correct and the incorrect one as an instance. So grouping windows resolved it.

  StartupWMClass=workflowy

  In your case, I think the issue is app image is not in the respective path mentioned in desktop file.

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  Matthew A Rathbone

  • June 21, 2018 18:46

  I can confirm that the simple fix listed above resolves this. It also resolves another issue -- prior to adding that line it was impossible to add Workflowy as a 'favorite' app (keeping it in the dock.

  Can someone at workflowy simply update the desktop template file to include that line? 

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • June 25, 2018 20:12

  Let me see what we can do. Thanks for your help!

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  Peter Lyons

  • November 30, 2018 16:28

  Same problem still exists FYI. Same workaround did get the icon to be correct for me. I'm on Linux Mint 19.

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  Peter Lyons

  • December 21, 2018 15:07

  FYI on Linux Mint run this command to work around the issue:

  echo StartupWMClass=workflowy >> ~/.local/share/applications/appimagekit-workflowy.desktop

  Then restart the workflowy appimage and the icon should be visible in the window list on the panel.

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  Jisoo Park

  • February 25, 2019 03:28

  Same issue, same solution.

  What's still annoying is that every app update overrides the desktop entry so that I have to reapply the patch for every update. 

  Could someone at Workflowy add the settings to the desktop entry as Matthew asked?

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  Clare Sloggett

  • March 18, 2019 03:29

  This issue still exists, and this workaround just worked for me, on Ubuntu 18.04.

  Probably this thread should not be marked "Completed" since there is a fix that hasn't been deployed yet?

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • March 20, 2019 22:32

  We finally got this fixed in yesterday's release! Hooray!

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  Sam Hahn

  • April 08, 2020 23:09
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  Still an issue with the appimage downloaded this week... :( 

  I'm on Pop! OS 19.10 64-bit (Gnome 3.34.2)

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