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I've been at this for hours now. Nothing works, .desktop file below. I don't know why, but I can't drag&drop the open firefox-dev icon to my favorites, only when I look for it in Applications windows and drag it from there. But that way it just opens a new icon instead. Before this issue gets closed for a mildly similar question, below are all of the solutions I've tried.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Firefox Developer Edition
StartupWMClass="firefox-aurora", "Firefox Developer Edition"
GenericName=Web Browser
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox %u
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;Favorites;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow;NewIncognito

I've tried:

Cannot add custom launcher to Ubuntu Dock ('Add to Favorites' option does not show up)

Ubuntu Dock adds a new icon when I open certain programs

Duplicate icons for manually created GNOME launcher items

How do I install the Firefox Developer Edition?

Firefox developer edition icon duplication in Gnome shell

shook_one
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  • Read this it may help you.https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-create-desktop-shortcut-for-any-app-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts/ – David Mar 16 '22 at 13:05
  • Doesn't help unfortunately. I tried using the default Firefox .desktop file as base and change the path but it doesn't work so yeah. This really sucks. I was really hoping Ubuntu is just install and go but this is still considered a basic thing and I've been troubleshooting for hours now. Obviously it's not all Ubuntu's fault Firefox developers have you download a tar instead of a .deb or something simple. – shook_one Mar 16 '22 at 13:31
  • Then maybe look into Firefox support site. – David Mar 16 '22 at 13:38
  • Support sites are useless, though. – shook_one Mar 16 '22 at 13:39
  • OK if you say so this is a support site and you posted your question here. – David Mar 16 '22 at 13:40
  • I meant the one Firefox themselves provide.. same what you meant. – shook_one Mar 16 '22 at 13:43

2 Answers2

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setting StartupWMClass as

StartupWMClass=firefox-aurora

fixed my issue.

below StartupWMClasses doesn't work for me.

StartupWMClass="firefox-aurora", "Firefox Developer Edition"
StartupWMClass=Firefox Developer Edition

my desktop entry

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox Developer 
GenericName=Firefox Developer Edition
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox %u
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;X-Developer;
Comment=Firefox Developer Edition Web Browser.
StartupWMClass=firefox-aurora
StartupNotify=true
Labeeb Shareef
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I had this exact problem, then I removed Firefox Developer Edition from favorites, and I lost the ability to add it to favorites again (that option was missing from the right-click context menu).

This answer you linked to, Firefox developer edition icon duplication in Gnome shell, helped me solve this issue, here's my /usr/share/applications/firefox-developer-edition.desktop (the naming could be relevant, not sure):

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Firefox Developer Edition 
GenericName=Firefox Developer
Exec=/usr/bin/firefox-developer-edition/firefox --class "Firefox Developer Edition"
Terminal=false
Icon=/usr/bin/firefox-developer-edition/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;X-Developer;
Comment=Firefox Developer Edition Web Browser.
StartupWMClass=Firefox Developer Edition

What fixed the problem for me was adding --class "Firefox Developer Edition" to the Exec line, but I'm guessing consistent naming matters as well.

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