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Stefan Falk
Asked: 2021-01-21 07:49:07 +0800 CST

Shortcuts for WebStorm and IntelliJ not showing

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I have tried to install .desktop files. I'm absolutely baffled that I still cannot simply right-click an open application and say "Add Shortcut". This is simply not working for everything.

However, these are my paths to IntelliJ and WebStorm

/opt/idea-IU-203.6682.168/bin
/opt/WebStorm-203.6682.155/bin

And here are the files I created under /usr/share/applications:

intellij.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=IntelliJ
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/opt/idea-IU-203.6682.168/bin/idea.sh
Icon=/opt/idea-IU-203.6682.168/bin/idea.png
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.24

webstorm.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=WebStorm
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/WebStorm-203.6682.155/bin/webstorm.png
Exec=/opt/WebStorm-203.6682.155/bin/webstorm.sh
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.24

I already tried to run desktop-file-install on them and restarted the machine but the shortcuts are not showing up.

What could be the problem here?

20.04

1 Answers

  1. No idea why the above is not working but simply start your JetBrains product and go to Tools -> Create Desktop Entry..

    I know.

    It's not creating a Desktop Entry but a shortcut/favorite in the menu bar, I mean task bar.. sorry, I mean Dock.

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