Startup Applications limitations

[fulalas]

I'm glad to see that COSMIC is finally taking a look at the startup .desktop files.

I have some questions regarding current master implementation:

1. is there a reason why it only shows current user .desktop entries and not also system ones?
2. is it possible to show a label even when Name= is not present in the .desktop file? You could use the .desktop file name in this case to avoid blank entries in the UI
3. any plans to allow double click (or something similar) to edit each .desktop entry?
4. it would be nice to see what Exec= is actually calling in each .desktop entry instead of just showing Name=

[ellieplayswow]

1. i originally built it to support both, it was requested to only show user specific entries - there's no guarantee you can edit system entries w/o sudo as well, and there'd need to be extra checks in place since i opted to use symlinks for overall user friendliness
2. seems reasonable :) i think a fallback icon would be nice too, i can implement these
3. imo if something does get added i think i would prefer a "open in (default files app)" that just opens up ~/.config/autostart for you, but unsure if this is the best option
4. i think the major thing here is more the overall design language of the app, since it mirrors some other designs like how the panel/dock applets show, but im happy to implement if it's ok'd by s76

[mmstick]

System services are entirely unrelated to startup applications for the user.

[fulalas]

Other DEs, like Xfce, show both system and user services in the same screen.

And in Xfce you can edit the current user entries, but not the system ones. Here's an example of a user entry being edited:

This Trigger dropdown menu is also very cool. There are many options available.

[mmstick]

Startup applications are applications. Session services would likely have their own separate page. System services, unsure

[fulalas]

In this case they're just .desktop files with any Exec=. I think it makes sense to put them all together in the same screen.

[mmstick]

Services use systemd unit files rather than desktop files.