Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.96.4-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/visual-studio-code-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: visual-studio-code-bin
Description: Visual Studio Code (vscode): Editor for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications (official binary version)
Upstream URL: https://code.visualstudio.com/
Licenses: custom: commercial
Conflicts: code
Provides: code, vscode
Submitter: dcelasun
Maintainer: dcelasun
Last Packager: dcelasun
Votes: 1484
Popularity: 16.70
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-01-17 07:47 (UTC)

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dcelasun commented on 2017-11-15 06:20 (UTC) (edited on 2020-02-06 21:33 (UTC) by dcelasun)

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xaver commented on 2017-08-11 21:23 (UTC) (edited on 2017-08-11 21:25 (UTC) by xaver)

The second icon issue was exactly why it was added in the upstream .desktop file: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/commit/4c71c3ed1658a974570d9e1fc34371f374423cc3 Maybe, it would be best to just ship with the upstream file: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/resources/linux/code.desktop This would btw also enable the "New Window" feature in Gnome Shell etc.

dcelasun commented on 2017-08-11 16:59 (UTC) (edited on 2017-08-11 17:01 (UTC) by dcelasun)

OK but there is still only 1 vscode icon in that screenshot? EDIT: Ah sorry, you are talking about the icon theme. @Ladage was talking about a second icon. Different bug maybe? EDIT 2: I can repro the different icon with alt+tab as well.

L0g4n commented on 2017-08-11 16:57 (UTC) (edited on 2017-08-11 16:58 (UTC) by L0g4n)

@dcelasun I use the dash to dock gnome extension and have the setting that the dock does not auto hide and extends to the whole screen. Here's a better screenshot: http://imgur.com/CzuloZC You can see the displayed vscode icon is not the same as in the "search" and so does not get covered by the icon pack.

dcelasun commented on 2017-08-11 16:54 (UTC)

@L0g4n: Sorry, I don't understand your second screenshot, I only see one icon? Also, what dock are you using? I'm using stock Gnome without a dock, so the only places I see running programs are activites & alt-tab, both of which only show a single icon.

L0g4n commented on 2017-08-11 16:51 (UTC) (edited on 2017-08-11 16:51 (UTC) by L0g4n)

@dcelasun I can also reproduce this. Icon is displayed correctly when searching for it in gnome 3: http://imgur.com/G7a4GKS But when launched and displayed in the dock it looks like this: http://imgur.com/IBhBgAO

dcelasun commented on 2017-08-11 11:56 (UTC)

@Ladage: I can't seem to reproduce it [0], can you share a screenshot? http://i.imgur.com/2AkSS3b.png

Ladage commented on 2017-08-11 11:25 (UTC)

Since StartupWMClass=code was removed, a second icon is shown when vscode is launched in Gnome. Adding it back fixes this.

dcelasun commented on 2017-08-07 15:58 (UTC) (edited on 2017-08-07 15:58 (UTC) by dcelasun)

I didn't want to bump it for such a minor change especially when the August update is very close.

oconnor663 commented on 2017-08-07 15:26 (UTC)

@dcelasun fixed for me, thanks. We could bump the packaging version?

dcelasun commented on 2017-08-05 09:07 (UTC) (edited on 2017-08-05 09:11 (UTC) by dcelasun)

@oconnor663: Thanks for reporting this, I can reproduce this as well. Originally, I've added StartupWMClass=code as someone in the comments was having problems running it on Gnome without it. That no longer seems to be the case, so I'll be removing it. Edit: Removing it definitely works, but I don't understand why. `xprop WM_CLASS` seems normal: $ xprop WM_CLASS WM_CLASS(STRING) = "code", "Code"

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