How to make a Chromium instance with its own icon

es20490446e · 2018-04-01 03:41:37

Hi guys, how are you doing?

As you probably have noticed most calendaring applications in Linux suck, so I have decided doing something about it.

Basically I want to create an Arch package that puts Google Calendar right into the applications menu. That launches Google calendar right away into Chromium, without the navigation bar, by the following command:

chromium --app=https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r

The question is that I wanted to make it in such way that it had its own icon. That when it's launched, in the task bar, it's associated with its own icon instead of the Chromium one.

I know this is possible because that was the exact behaviour of the Google Calendar app, till Google decided to deprecate apps in Chromium. Specifically the line was:

chromium --app-id=ejjicmeblgpmajnghnpcppodonldlgfn

Any idea about how this could be accomplished? Thanks in advance.

jasonwryan · 2018-04-01 03:43:44

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Desktop_entries

Moving to NC...

es20490446e · 2018-04-01 03:59:33

@jasonwryan

I'm sorry that page doesn't answer my question. This isn't about making a desktop entry, but more about separating instances of the same application.

When I launch my desktop entry it is managed from the same icon than any other opened Chromium window. I want to prevent that, that the app has its own separate icon in the task bar.

jasonwryan · 2018-04-01 04:58:41

So create a custom entry (and point to your preferred icon): it is the same process.

es20490446e · 2018-04-01 05:06:48

Do you mean this?

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Name=Google Calendar
Exec=chromium --app=https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r
Icon=chrome-ejjicmeblgpmajnghnpcppodonldlgfn-Default
StartupWMClass=google-calendar

It creates a separate icon. But when you clic on it the app is launched in a different icon, one of Chromium.

es20490446e · 2018-04-01 05:46:35

I figured out a better solution. That Chromium allows to create these shortcuts directly into the application menu.

In fact the functionality is partially implemented, but currently it does create the shortcuts in the desktop only.

es20490446e · 2018-04-01 20:00:13

I have discovered how to manually do that. In the desktop file you have to add the line:

X-MultipleArgs=false

es20490446e · 2018-04-01 22:07:04

It doesn't always work...

dockland · 2018-04-01 22:39:12

Please edit your last post instead of bumping your thread with new posts.

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#1 2018-04-01 03:41:37

How to make a Chromium instance with its own icon

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