Pin AppImage program to Budgie Icon Task List

polomi

I'm using an AppImage program (Ripcord). I used appimaged to generate the desktop files, and it successfully appears in the Budgie Menu. I can launch Ripcord through the menu, but when it is launched and I right click on the Icon Task List, the star button to pin it does not appear.

Here is the desktop file that was created:

I'm not quite familiar with these files as they're usually automatically generated, so I don't know what prevents Budgie from recognizing the app to pin it (that is, if the issue is with the file in the first place).

JoshStrobl

@polomi Try setting the StartupWMClass= key in the desktop file. You can get the startup WM class by installing xprop, typing it into the terminal, then clicking on the window. If there is a WM class set by the app, it'll be under WM_CLASS(STRING) =. If it's something like say "gedit", "Gedit" then choose the first one (and remove the quotes, e.g. StartupWMClass=gedit).

polomi

Thank you @JoshStrobl ! This worked.

For the record, here is the relevant xprop output for Ripcord: WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Ripcord-0.4.28-x86_64.AppImage", "Ripcord"

And here is the updated dekstop file: