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PWA shortcuts don't keep asociated with window - Linux
I recently upgraded to version140.0.3485.14 (Official build) beta (64-bit) and noticed that my PWA, even if they open correctly in a independent window, don't show the "running window counter" on the taskbar.
So, for example, if a open Outlook, the window open and loads the app, but if a I click the icon again, it opens another window, wich is a little annoying.
I tried removing the PWA from Edge, rebooting, and installing again, but didn't work.
Because the only change I made is updating Edge, I think is related to this build. (too lazy to go back or install the stable release)
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Hello!
Update:
With microsoft-edge-stable.x86_64 141.0.3537.71-1 it was possible for me to use the information of ArloGilbert from the thread here: [Wayland] PWAs no longer appear as separate app windows — all group under main Edge icon | Microsoft Community Hub and get separate windows and the icons have a dot after starting the PWAs.
What I had to do was to find out the StartupWMClass with lg and correct the "crx__*" Entry with the correct one, which is similiar to the Icon String, but with an additional "_":
Icon=msedge-abcdef-default
StartupWMClass=msedge-_abcdef-default
Only problem with MS Edge left for me at the moment is the instant crash of all Edge processes when opening the "save as" Dialog in the downloads section, but I´ll open a separate issue for that!
Thanks!
With kind regards,
SteveProblem persists in Microsoft Edge Stable microsoft-edge-stable-141.0.3537.57-1 !
Same problem here on Ubuntu 24. So far seems like all 140.x versions of Edge has this issue, and the only temporary solution is to rollback to 139.x version.
Hope to see any solution or workaround soon, Edge works very nicely on Linux, and some tools under PWA are really nice additions
Same here. After normal system update the PWA icons spawn a new icon which is only a grey gear. And the most anoying: every pwa is in that. And klicking again on the teams or outlook pwa spawns a new instance, also collected in that grey gear icon.
I’ve noticed the same bug on my system as well.
In my case: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, GNOME on Wayland, Edge Version 140.0.3485.66 (Official build) (64-bit).
The issue also occurs on Chrome.Hello!
I´m also affected, but additionally the PWA wouldn´t open in own windows in my Fedora 41 Gnome Shell but were grouped and without icons under the Microsoft Edge Entry of ALT-TAB, so switching applications was a guessing game when pressing the SUPER key etc....
As mentioned the downgrade to 139 fixed this, so it is an Edge behaviour and not triggered by changes in mutter, gnome shell etc..Additionally Edge 140 core dumped immediately when I downloaded any file and pressed "save under" (the file was still downloaded completely in the chosen location, but having the .crdownload ending), choosing "save" worked fine. -> I´ll open an extra topic for this.
Since I have to use Edge by command of my work and not by my own free will I´d be rather inclined to have this fixed soon before any zero day problem makes "sudo dnf versionlock add microsoft-edge-stable" a liability.
With kind regards and in hope of a quick fix,
StephanI went back to the stable release, but recently this one got updated to version140.0.3485.54-1, wich bring this "bug" to my setup again.
Not the ideal solution, but for the time being, I wen back to version 139.0.3405.125-1, hoping it gets resolved in future updates. I really don't want to switch browser (Brave maybe), Edge works great with MS plattforms and has some functions that I really like.
