[email protected] does not display the selected 'all application' category nor its contents upon opening

[Nebelkind]

LM 20.2 Cinnamon
Problem:
Freshly released version 5.0.0 of [email protected] does not display the selected 'all application' category nor its contents in the application column upon opening.
This is not only visually displeasing but also a problem when navigating the menu with the arrow keys:
'super' -> 'arrow right' -> then hold 'arrow down' for a few seconds -> 'enter' will open one of the invisible applications from the all applications category without ever displaying it.

Expected behaviour: Opening the menu should display the 'all applications' category as selected and therefore it's contents in the application column.

[Nebelkind]

Nevermind. Seems it was a glitch after playing with the menu settings that fixed itself after a restart. my bad.

[Nebelkind]

Since other users noticed it too I had another look.Further investigation revealed:
The glitch seems to reproducibly happen whenever you de-install applications from the menu via the right click menu.
A restart of cinnamon fixes it.
Maybe the restart could be automated?

[mtwebster]

Hi, I can't reproduce this - can you share your menu applet's settings?

[Nebelkind]

{
"layout": {
"type": "layout",
"pages": [
"panel",
"menu"
],
"panel": {
"type": "page",
"title": "Panel",
"sections": [
"panel-appear",
"panel-behave"
]
},
"menu": {
"type": "page",
"title": "Menu",
"sections": [
"menu-layout",
"menu-behave"
]
},
"panel-appear": {
"type": "section",
"title": "Appearance",
"keys": [
"menu-custom",
"menu-icon",
"menu-icon-size",
"menu-label"
]
},
"panel-behave": {
"type": "section",
"title": "Behavior",
"keys": [
"overlay-key",
"activate-on-hover",
"hover-delay",
"force-show-panel",
"enable-animation"
]
},
"menu-layout": {
"type": "section",
"title": "Layout and content",
"keys": [
"restrict-menu-height",
"menu-height",
"show-category-icons",
"category-icon-size",
"show-application-icons",
"application-icon-size",
"favbox-show",
"fav-icon-size",
"show-places",
"show-recents",
"menu-editor-button"
]
},
"menu-behave": {
"type": "section",
"title": "Behavior",
"keys": [
"category-hover",
"enable-autoscroll",
"search-filesystem"
]
}
},
"overlay-key": {
"type": "keybinding",
"description": "Keyboard shortcut to open and close the menu",
"default": "Super_L::Super_R",
"value": "Super_L::Super_R"
},
"menu-custom": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Use a custom icon and label",
"tooltip": "Check this to specify a custom icon and label",
"value": true
},
"menu-icon": {
"type": "iconfilechooser",
"default": "linuxmint-logo-ring-symbolic",
"description": "Icon",
"tooltip": "Select an icon to show in the panel.",
"default_icon": "linuxmint-logo-ring-symbolic",
"dependency": "menu-custom",
"icon_categories": [
{
"name": "Linux Mint",
"icons": [
"linuxmint-logo",
"linuxmint-logo-badge",
"linuxmint-logo-badge-symbolic",
"linuxmint-logo-filled-badge",
"linuxmint-logo-filled-leaf-badge",
"linuxmint-logo-filled-leaf",
"linuxmint-logo-filled-ring",
"linuxmint-logo-leaf-badge",
"linuxmint-logo-leaf-badge-symbolic",
"linuxmint-logo-leaf",
"linuxmint-logo-leaf-symbolic",
"linuxmint-logo-neon",
"linuxmint-logo-ring",
"linuxmint-logo-ring-symbolic",
"linuxmint-logo-simple",
"linuxmint-logo-simple-symbolic",
"cinnamon-symbolic",
"emblem-favorite-symbolic",
"user-bookmarks-symbolic",
"start-here-symbolic"
]
}
],
"default_category": "Linux Mint",
"value": "linuxmint-logo-simple"
},
"menu-icon-size": {
"type": "spinbutton",
"default": 32,
"min": 16,
"max": 96,
"step": 1,
"units": "px",
"description": "Icon size",
"dependency": "menu-custom",
"value": 23
},
"menu-label": {
"type": "entry",
"default": "",
"description": "Text",
"tooltip": "Enter custom text to show in the panel.",
"dependency": "menu-custom",
"value": "en\u00fc"
},
"restrict-menu-height": {
"type": "switch",
"default": false,
"description": "Use a fixed menu height",
"tooltip": "Keep the size of the menu the same now matter how many favorites or categories there are.",
"value": false
},
"menu-height": {
"type": "spinbutton",
"default": 550,
"min": 300,
"max": 2000,
"step": 10,
"units": "px",
"description": "Menu height",
"dependency": "restrict-menu-height",
"value": 520.0
},
"show-category-icons": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Show category icons",
"tooltip": "Choose whether or not to show icons on categories.",
"value": true
},
"category-icon-size": {
"type": "spinbutton",
"default": 22,
"min": 16,
"max": 48,
"step": 1,
"units": "px",
"description": "Categories icon size",
"dependency": "show-category-icons",
"value": 24.0
},
"show-application-icons": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Show application icons",
"tooltip": "Choose whether or not to show icons on applications.",
"value": true
},
"application-icon-size": {
"type": "spinbutton",
"default": 22,
"min": 16,
"max": 48,
"step": 1,
"units": "px",
"description": "Applications icon size",
"dependency": "show-application-icons",
"value": 18.0
},
"favbox-show": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Show favorites and session buttons",
"tooltip": "Choose whether or not to show the left pane of the menu.",
"value": true
},
"fav-icon-size": {
"type": "spinbutton",
"default": 32,
"min": 16,
"max": 64,
"step": 1,
"units": "px",
"description": "Favorites icon size",
"dependency": "favbox-show",
"value": 30.0
},
"show-favorites": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Show favorites",
"tooltip": "Choose whether or not to show favorite files in the menu.",
"value": true
},
"show-places": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Show bookmarks and places",
"tooltip": "Choose whether or not to show bookmarks and places in the menu.",
"value": false
},
"show-recents": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Show recents",
"tooltip": "Choose whether or not to show recents in the menu.",
"value": true
},
"category-hover": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Change categories on hover",
"tooltip": "Choose whether or not to change categories by hovering.",
"value": true
},
"enable-autoscroll": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Enable autoscrolling in application list",
"tooltip": "Choose whether or not to enable smooth autoscrolling in the application list.",
"value": true
},
"search-filesystem": {
"type": "switch",
"default": false,
"description": "Enable filesystem path entry in search box",
"tooltip": "Allows path entry in the menu search box.",
"value": true
},
"force-show-panel": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Force the panel to be visible when opening the menu",
"tooltip": "Opening the menu will also show the main panel (which may be auto-hidden).",
"value": true
},
"activate-on-hover": {
"type": "switch",
"default": false,
"description": "Open the menu when I move my mouse over it",
"tooltip": "Enable opening the menu when the mouse enters the applet",
"value": false
},
"hover-delay": {
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"default": 0,
"min": 0,
"max": 1000,
"step": 50,
"units": "milliseconds",
"dependency": "activate-on-hover",
"description": "Menu hover delay",
"tooltip": "Delay before the menu opens when hovered",
"value": 0
},
"enable-animation": {
"type": "switch",
"default": false,
"description": "Use menu animations",
"tooltip": "Allow the menu to animate on open and close",
"value": true
},
"menu-editor-button": {
"type": "button",
"description": "Open the menu editor",
"callback": "_launch_editor",
"tooltip": "Press this button to customize your menu entries."
},
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}