<div dir="ltr"><div>Please do not remove options that other users like in order to unclutter your own desktop.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps we could have a way to tweak the applications that are shown. There are plenty of utility apps that come default that I do not want to see every time I hit the heads-up key. LibreOffice is not one of them.</div><div><br></div><div>If a user is tired of clutter, they can drag and drop redundant icons into a folder.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Coby<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 12:24 PM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <<a href="mailto:gunnarhj@ubuntu.com">gunnarhj@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 2021-03-11 19:52, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:<br>
> Hi Coby!<br>
> <br>
> On 2021-03-11 18:05, Coburn Ingram wrote:<br>
>> Just a minor issue for me. I prefer to use<br>
>> /usr/share/applications/libreoffice-startcenter.desktop as my launcher<br>
>> for LibreOffice. But I have to edit the file to make it able to appear<br>
>> in the launcher bar. Apparently, somebody had a meeting, and said, "No,<br>
>> we don't want this launcher to work in Ubuntu. It clutters up the<br>
>> desktop." I respectfully disagree. I would like this available as an<br>
>> option to the end-user.<br>
> <br>
> Personally I agree. I made it a habit to have that launcher in the dock<br>
> instead of three app specific ones. But suddenly it refused to show up<br>
> in the dock...<br>
> <br>
> The background seems to be <<a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/1696250" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/bugs/1696250</a>>. But<br>
> there they mostly talk about the number of LO related icons in "Show<br>
> Applications". The use case where somebody (like you and me) wants to<br>
> have the Startcenter icon in the dock seems not to have been considered<br>
> <br>
> @Olivier: Any chance that hide-startcenter-desktop-file.patch could be<br>
> reconsidered?<br>
<br>
Maybe it's worth adding that the equivalent Debian bug <br>
(<<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/883734" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.debian.org/883734</a>>) was accepted at first, but the <br>
developer changed his mind later.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/libreoffice-team/libreoffice/libreoffice/-/commit/17459620" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://salsa.debian.org/libreoffice-team/libreoffice/libreoffice/-/commit/17459620</a><br>
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-- <br>
Gunnar Hjalmarsson<br>
<a href="https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj</a><br>
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