Dash to dock broken, unable to rearrange icons

[coreybruce]

Hey there I wanted to report a issue with dash to dock, I am unable to rearrange the icons using dash to dock and the only way I was able to make it work was to set it to panel mode and also resizing icons doesn't not work unless it's set to panel mode. and have no idea why it's happening

I tried

dconf reset -f /org/gnome/shell/extensions/dash-to-dock/

But it is still broken.

Screencast.from.2023-05-17.02-58-17.webm

I am using Manjaro Gnome using the latest version 81 and tested both the extension package from Manjaros repo and from Gnome extensions and have the same issue.

[doppelhelix]

Same Problem here. the workaround is to disable "Move the applications button at the beginning of the dock"
That does the trick for me.

[Fascomino]

When I moved the Show Applications icon to the end everything worked as intended. This error was introduced with the last change to put the button at the edge when in panel mode.

[ionutbortis]

Same here. No rearranging and the new opened apps that were not previously pinned to dash as favorites are not displayed properly.
dash to dock 81 issues.webm

[coreybruce]

Same Problem here. the workaround is to disable "Move the applications button at the beginning of the dock" That does the trick for me.

Hmm yeah that also does it but what is causing this issue I wonder?

[coreybruce]

This is only happening on one machine, my laptop for example isn't sufferering from this same issue.

[ionutbortis]

Same Problem here. the workaround is to disable "Move the applications button at the beginning of the dock" That does the trick for me.

Hmm yeah that also does it but what is causing this issue I wonder?

There are some recent changes that affect the dock behavior. I downgraded to version 80 and changed the version from the local metadata.json file to 81 in order to avoid future update to the problematic version.

[coreybruce]

If anyone is using a Arch based system like me which uses Manjaro I have the backup package of the 80-1 package from Manjaro, I know this isn't recommended or trust worthy but I have the sig file to verify it that is if anyone wants it :)

[ionutbortis]

You can also downgrade manually:

wget https://extensions.gnome.org/extension-data/dash-to-dockmicxgx.gmail.com.v80.shell-extension.zip

gnome-extensions install --force dash-to-dockmicxgx.gmail.com.v80.shell-extension.zip

nano ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/dash-to-dock\@micxgx.gmail.com/metadata.json
# Change version to 81 then CTRL+S and CTRL+X. Relogin and you should have version 80 running as 81.

rm dash-to-dockmicxgx.gmail.com.v80.shell-extension.zip

[FlyingPaperPlane]

@ionutbortis
thanks to your guide i could manage to downgrade my dock.
had an additional issue where the icons performed resize animations randomly, looked to me as if they would be dancing. now it's quite again :-)

i assume the next update will skip & overwrite version 81 and fix the issues

[ionutbortis]

@FlyingPaperPlane Yeah, I hope these issues will get fixed in the 82 version release 🙏

If not, we can redo the above downgrade process, manually change version to 82 and so on 😅

[vikingredwolf]

Update: I noticed you can't rearrange icons when the apps icon is on the left, but works perfectly when it's on the right side. Isn't that odd?

[fraz0815]

Same Problem here. the workaround is to disable "Move the applications button at the beginning of the dock" That does the trick for me.

Thanks, confirming the workaround on manjaro gnome 44.1 testing.

[jcsekinger]

Same Problem here. the workaround is to disable "Move the applications button at the beginning of the dock" That does the trick for me.

and re-enable ;)

[coreybruce]

Same Problem here. the workaround is to disable "Move the applications button at the beginning of the dock" That does the trick for me.

and re-enable ;)

Sadly that doesn't work, if you re-enable it than it will go back to the same issue.

[jcsekinger]

Same Problem here. the workaround is to disable "Move the applications button at the beginning of the dock" That does the trick for me.

and re-enable ;)

Sadly that doesn't work, if you re-enable it than it will go back to the same issue.

yes, it does not really solve the pb, it is juste a workaround: disable > move the icon > re-enable it — and the icon is now at the correct place, that’s all you have to do it every time you have to move an icon.

[coreybruce]

Same Problem here. the workaround is to disable "Move the applications button at the beginning of the dock" That does the trick for me.

and re-enable ;)

Sadly that doesn't work, if you re-enable it than it will go back to the same issue.

yes, it does not really solve the pb, it is juste a workaround: disable > move the icon > re-enable it — and the icon is now at the correct place, that’s all you have to do it every time you have to move an icon.

Yeah I agree

[coreybruce]

Any progress on fixing this issue?

[3v1n0]

#2021 should fix it, please test!

[jcsekinger]

how can I test that solution ? How do I « Use a different container to hold floating ShowAppsIcon»? This is not significant for me. Thank you !

[ionutbortis]

#2021 should fix it, please test!

Hi Marco,

Thanks for looking into this!

I tested the rearrange-fix-icons branch, we can now rearrange the icons, that's good.

But on my side, there's still a small issue:
When you open an app that is not already added to the favorites, it will be added at the end, with a separator. All newly opened apps after that one are opened to its left, not to its right, as it was functioning before.

Please see the attached screencast.
Screencast from 2023-05-31 15-23-40.webm

[3v1n0]

All newly opened apps after that one are opened to its left, not to its right, as it was functioning before.

I think this bug was also present before v80 and so it's another issue, but thanks for letting me know

[Amzd]

Just tested after #2021 merge and I think this is related:

Last pinned item moves to the wrong side of the separator when a different item is unpinned.

Screencast.from.2023-06-02.04-07-10.webm

[3v1n0]

Thanks @Amzd, please test #2023

[Amzd]

unpin edge case is fixed 👍 seems to all work fine in #2023 with applications button on the left @3v1n0

[ionutbortis]

All newly opened apps after that one are opened to its left, not to its right, as it was functioning before.

I think this bug was also present before v80 and so it's another issue, but thanks for letting me know

You're right, that bug seems to be introduced in v80. Just tested v79 and the issue is not present there.

Also, #2023 fixes that issue, the newly opened apps that are not pinned to the dash are properly getting their order in the dash. Thanks!

[eboye]

I stumbled upon this issue as I'm having the same behavior on Gnome 45.1 and D2D v89

Screencast.from.2023-11-18.22-11-35.webm

[vanvugt]

This bug is closed, but you can continue the conversation in #2122