Class DesktopEntry

Subclass of IniLikeGroup for easy accessing of Desktop Entry properties.

Methods

Name	Description
actions	Actions supported by application.
actions	Sets the list of values for "Actions" list.
categories	Categories this program belongs to.
categories	Sets the list of values for the "Categories" list.
comment	Tooltip for the entry, for example "View sites on the Internet".
comment	Set "Comment" to commentary escaping the value if needed.
dbusActivable	A boolean value specifying if D-Bus activation is supported for this application.
dbusActivable	setter
displayName	Specific name of the application, for example "Qupzilla".
displayName	Set "Name" to name escaping the value if needed.
execValue	Exec value of desktop file.
execValue	Set "Exec" to exec escaping the value if needed.
genericName	Generic name of the application, for example "Web Browser".
genericName	Set "GenericName" to name escaping the value if needed.
hidden	Hidden means the user deleted (at his level) something that was present (at an upper level, e.g. in the system dirs). It's strictly equivalent to the .desktop file not existing at all, as far as that user is concerned.
hidden	setter
iconName	Icon to display in file manager, menus, etc.
iconName	Set Icon value.
keywords	A list of strings which may be used in addition to other metadata to describe this entry.
keywords	Sets the list of values for the "Keywords" list.
localizedComment
localizedDisplayName
localizedGenericName
localizedIconName
localizedKeywords	A list of localied strings which may be used in addition to other metadata to describe this entry.
mimeTypes	The MIME type(s) supported by this application.
mimeTypes	Sets the list of values for the "MimeType" list.
noDisplay	NoDisplay means "this application exists, but don't display it in the menus".
noDisplay	setter
notShowIn	A list of strings identifying the desktop environments that should not display a given desktop entry.
notShowIn	setter
onlyShowIn	A list of strings identifying the desktop environments that should display a given desktop entry.
onlyShowIn	setter
showIn	Check if desktop file should be shown in menu of specific desktop environment.
startupNotify	A boolean value specifying if an application uses Startup Notification Protocol.
startupNotify	setter
terminal	Whether the program runs in a terminal window.
terminal	setter
tryExecValue	Value used to determine if the program is actually installed.
tryExecValue	Set TryExec value escaping it if needed.
type	Type of desktop entry.
type	Sets "Type" field to type
url	URL to access.
url	Set "URL" to link escaping the value if needed.
workingDirectory	The working directory to run the program in.
workingDirectory	Set Path value.
addCommentAfter	Add comment after some node.
addCommentBefore	Add comment before some node.
appendComment	Add comment line into the group.
appendValue	Add key-value entry without diret association of the value with the key. Can be used to add duplicates.
byIniLine
byKeyValue	Iterate by Key-Value pairs. Values are left in escaped form.
byNode	Iterate over nodes of internal list.
contains	Check if the group contains a value associated with the key.
emptyByKeyValue	Empty range of the same type as byKeyValue. Can be used in derived classes if it's needed to have an empty range.
escapedValue	Get value by key in escaped form.
escapedValue	Perform locale matching lookup as described in Localized values for keys.
getNode	Get internal list node for key.
groupName	Get name of this group.
moveLineAfter	Move line after other line in the group.
moveLineBefore	Move line before other line in the group.
moveLineToBack	Move line to the end of group.
moveLineToFront	Move line to the start of group.
prependComment	Add comment line at the start of group (after group header, before any key-value pairs).
removeEntry	Removes entry by key. Do nothing if no value associated with key found.
removeEntry	ditto, but remove entry by localized key.
removeEntry	ditto, but remove entry by node.
setEscapedValue	Set value associated with key.
setEscapedValue	Set value associated with key and locale.
setUnescapedValue	Set value by key. The value is considered to be in the unescaped form.
setUnescapedValue	ditto, localized version
unescapedValue	Get value by key.
validateKey	Validate key before setting value to key for this group and throw exception if not valid. Can be reimplemented in derived classes.
validateValue	Validate value for key before setting value to key for this group and throw exception if not valid. Can be reimplemented in derived classes. The key is provided because you may want to implement specific checks depending on the key name.

Inner structs

Name	Description
LineNode	Wrapper for internal ListMap node.

Enums

Name	Description
Type	Desktop entry type
InvalidKeyPolicy