[dolphin] [Bug 463850] New: No explanation for the yellow exclamation mark that appears on desktop files that aren't in standard app directories

[Jack Hill]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463850

            Bug ID: 463850
           Summary: No explanation for the yellow exclamation mark that
                    appears on desktop files that aren't in standard app
                    directories
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 22.12.1
          Platform: OpenSUSE
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: jackhill3103 at gmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
I built an app from source, and the outputted .desktop files have yellow
exclamation marks on them. Looking at the properties of the file, the
exclamation marks are not a part of the icon, so I figured dolphin added them
as a warning. However there's nothing to indicate what the exclamation mark is
warning me about.

I eventually figured out that the reason is because the file wasn't located in
$HOME/.local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Make a dummy file with the suffix ".desktop"
2. Place a copy in $HOME/.local/share/applications

OBSERVED RESULT
The original file has an exclamation mark on the icon, the copy does not.
There's no explanation for why the exclamation mark exists.

EXPECTED RESULT
Maybe there should be a tooltip that explains why there's an exclamation mark.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230103
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Kernel Version: 6.1.1-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

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