[tor-bugs] #6457 [Tor bundles/installation]: Make start-tor-browser or Tor Browser the primary "dock" icon?
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#6457: Make start-tor-browser or Tor Browser the primary "dock" icon?
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Reporter: mikeperry | Owner: erinn
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: Tor | Version:
bundles/installation | Keywords: tbb-usability,
Resolution: | interview
Actual Points: | Parent ID:
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Comment (by mcs):
Replying to [comment:6 mikeperry]:
> The icon is the same, but something about how we pack
TorBrowserBundle.app and the TorBrowser.app it contains causes two icons
to appear on the dock when it is launched: one for the launch app, one for
the browser app that it launches. Ideally, there would be only one dock
icon, to match the behavior of non-combined apps. Not sure if this
requires changing how we pack the TorBrowserBundle.app or if there is some
MacOS hack that we could use to tell it not to launch a separate dock icon
for the browser.
I think we want the browser icon and not the other one. On Mac OS 10.9.1,
the first icon (for the bundle launcher) only appears briefly; in fact, it
never fully forms on the fast MacBook Pro I am using at the moment. If
you see two icons after the browser is up and running, that must be due
to a difference in behavior with older versions of Mac OS.
Regardless, I did some research and it looks like we can change the
LSUIElement value from false to true in the bundle's Info.plist file to
prevent its icon from appearing in the dock. It seems to work and I don't
know if there is any downside. See LSUIElement on this page:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/general/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/LaunchServicesKeys.html
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6457#comment:7>
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