[issue13553] Tkinter doesn't set proper application name in Gnome Shell

Roger Serwy added the comment: It looks like this code will set the title properly in the latest GNOME shell (3.4): from Tkinter import * app = Tk(className='App Name') app.title('App Title') app.mainloop() The documentation should be updated to explain the arguments to Tk().

[issue13553] Tkinter doesn't set proper application name

th9 added the comment: No, it apears as "Toplevel". I'm not sure if the program.desktop file has something to do with that, but I didn't manage to get the application name from a desktop file to get used for Tkinter program. And I don't have any Tkinter or Tk app which would do what I'm tryi

[issue13553] Tkinter doesn't set proper application name

Roger Serwy added the comment: Does IDLE appear as "Tk" in Gnome3? -- nosy: +serwy ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailin

[issue13553] Tkinter doesn't set proper application name

th9 added the comment: Yes, I'm aware of the 'iconname' docs. In this case 'iconname' probably is not the right property to set, but I don't know which one should be. For GTK+ applications there is a special function for setting application name which should be shown to user and apparently Gn

[issue13553] Tkinter doesn't set proper application name

zup added the comment: The link below suggests that the problem with method 'iconname' may be due to the method not working at the window manager level: http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/x9905-icon-methods.htm summary: iconname iconname(newName=None), iconname(). Set (ge

[issue13553] Tkinter doesn't set proper application name

New submission from th9 : I want the app name to be displayed under the icon in Alt+Tab menu, but currently it only displays the className of the root, which by default is "Tk". So in Gnome3 all Tkinter apps show up as "Tk" in the panel and in the Alt+Tab menu. It is possible to override that