I am looking to run a couple web pages as desktop applications in Gnome shell. These are the requirements:
- It must run with Google Chrome.
- It must be available as a separate app icon when pressing Alt+Tab.
I have looked at a program called Webby, but it does not seem to use Google Chrome as the underlying browser. So far I created my .desktop file and have been able to get the application and icon to show in the launcher:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Gmail
Exec=google-chrome-stable --app=
Icon=gmail-icon
Type=Application
Categories=GTK;GNOME;Office;
This works and allows me to launch the application in a separate window, however, when I press Alt+Tab everything is still combined under the google chrome icon. I have tried creating a symlink as well for the exec path, this didn't work either. Anyone have any ideas?
1 Answer
This might not be what you're looking for. But if you want to pin a Google Chrome website to the desktop as a web application you can do the following:
- Click the 3 dots on the top-right corner
- Click
More tools - Click
Create shortcut... - Select the
Open as windowcheckbox
Hope I helped!
Chrome > Version 70
Update for new versions of Chrome, where no Open as window checkbox appears:
- Click the 3 dots on the top-right corner
- Click
More tools - Click
Create shortcut... - Click
Create - Navigate to
chrome://apps - Right-click on the new app
- Click
Open as window
