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Edge 144 Creates Multiple GNOME Menu Icons
Starting in Edge 144, there are now 2 icons displaying in the GNOME applications menu.
com.microsoft.Edge.desktop
microsoft-edge.desktop
Both of these files are installed as part of the RPM; the first has "NoDisplay=true" at the bottom, but that doesn't seem to work as intended.
I think this value needs to be in the first section, under "[Desktop Entry]", in order for it to work properly.
It looks like 144.0.3719.104-1 has fixed this.
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The com.microsoft.Edge.desktop file is required to comply with XDG Desktop Portal specifications. The Edge team deliberately added the NoDisplay=true attribute to this file because removing microsoft-edge.desktop and relying solely on com.microsoft.Edge.desktop might cause existing user configurations to fail, so they kept microsoft-edge.desktop visible while hiding com.microsoft.Edge.desktop to err on the side of caution. However, this design flaw prevents users from properly pinning Edge to Ubuntu Dock favorites, causing multiple separate icons to appear on the Dock instead of grouping under a single pinned icon every time a new window is opened. The solution is straightforward: remove the hidden com.microsoft.Edge.desktop file and rename microsoft-edge.desktop to com.microsoft.Edge.desktop, which resolves the conflict and restores proper window grouping behavior.
It looks like 144.0.3719.104-1 has fixed this.
