Title for all Core apps should be improved/localized for Desktop

Unfortunately the "qmlscene:" part is hard-coded in qmlscene. https://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qtdeclarative/source/9fc17c08e5635cf112c6194e6c24af2a9c7caf00:tools/qmlscene/main.cpp#L500

If we can't remove "qmlscene: " then at least localize Window Title (for example "Calculator").

In Russian window title will looks like:
   "qmlscene: калькулятор"

Bartosz, I don't think the method you linked to will work for Ubuntu Touch apps as they aren't using QtQuick Controls.

Alan, just because its initially set by qmlscene doesn't necessarily mean it can't be changed later. Is there some API (perhaps a C++ extension) that could be used to change the title? (It doesn't look like it, but I could be wrong.)

If not, would it be possible to write a very simple QML launcher ourselves that lets us customize the title and maybe do other things like remembering window size and maximized/normal state? I can't imagine that being to hard to do and would make apps written with the Ubuntu SDK feel much more like first-class desktop citizens.

Title can be controlled from the toolkit, no need to patch anything. The MainView could get a "title" property that must be set by the app developer, and that's it :)

I'm going to propose a change to use the title of the active Page for the window title which would match behavior of desktop apps - terminal shows the server and folder, browser shows the website for some examples. If it turns out that's not enough we can always add an additional property.

Unfortunately title property is not working for MainView:
ubuntu-calculator-app.qml:32 Cannot assign to non-existent property "title"

@Bartosz, the title property was a proposal, it's not yet implemented

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Bartosz Kosiorek <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Unfortunately title property is not working for MainView:
> ubuntu-calculator-app.qml:32 Cannot assign to non-existent property "title"
>
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> Title:
> Title for all Core apps should be improved/localized for Desktop
>
> Status in Dropping Letters:
> New
> Status in Music application for Ubuntu devices:
> New
> Status in Sudoku game for Ubuntu Touch:
> New
> Status in Calculator application for Ubuntu devices:
> New
> Status in Calendar application for Ubuntu devices:
> Triaged
> Status in Terminal application for Ubuntu devices:
> New
> Status in Ubuntu UI Toolkit:
> New
> Status in Weather application for Ubuntu devices:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Title for all Core apps could be improved for Desktop.
>
> For example for ubuntu-calculator-app, the title bar displayed:
> qmlscene: calculator
>
> I think it should be localized name "Calculator".
>
> Please take a look at: ubuntu-calculator-app.pot
> #: ../.build/ubuntu-calculator-app.desktop.js:1
> msgid "Calculator"
> msgstr ""
>
> I found following instruction about how to change title in QtQuick:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19159928/how-to-change-title-of-a-qtquick-2-window
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This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-ui-toolkit - 0.1.46+14.04.20140404-0ubuntu1

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ubuntu-ui-toolkit (0.1.46+14.04.20140404-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low

  [ Michael Zanetti ]
  * fix collapseOnClick in combination with UbuntuListView (LP:
    #1293996)

  [ Leo Arias ]
  * Added a helper for autopilot tests to override the values of initctl
    vars during tests.
  * Take into account the visibility of the container when making list
    elements visible on the autopilot helpers. (LP: #1275060)

  [ Christian Dywan ]
  * Set the window title based on the Header title (LP: #1289695)
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:03:59 +0000

This works great for pages, but not when the app uses a Tabs component. In that case it defaults back to the app package name, i.e com.ubuntu.clock. Could we have it that it defaults to the app's title, like "Clocks" or "File Manager" (both of those use Tabs)?

Yes. The limitation of tabbed apps will be resolved with https://code.launchpad.net/~tpeeters/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/optIn-tabsDrawer/+merge/212496.

Ok, so this has now landed, I see Terminal and Music have correct window titles, Clock, Calendar, calculator, dropping letters, sudoku, weather need fixing.

For ubuntu calculator I tried something like:
need to do something like this:

MainView {
    Page {
        title: i18n.tr("Calculator")
    }
}

It changing title but unfortunately it display also additional bar/menu.

See attached screeenshot.
Do you know how to implement it in proper way (to change only title bar)?

I change application name to for example:
    // TRANSLATORS: This application name should be translated at same way as for ".desktop" file
    applicationName: i18n.tr("Calendar")

It works (the title were changed) but Jenkins tests are failed.

Fix committed into lp:ubuntu-calculator-app at revision 239, scheduled for release in ubuntu-calculator-app, milestone 1.6

Fix committed into lp:ubuntu-calendar-app at revision 247, scheduled for release in ubuntu-calendar-app, milestone alpha-1

Fix committed into lp:dropping-letters at revision 48, scheduled for release in dropping-letters, milestone Unknown

Fix committed into lp:ubuntu-calculator-app at revision 252, scheduled for release in ubuntu-calculator-app, milestone 1.6