| Name | | Type |
Type | Application, Link or Directory | string |
Version | Version of the Desktop Entry Specification that the desktop entry conforms with. Entries that conform to the specification linked above should use 1.5. | string |
Name | Specific name of the application | localestring |
GenericName | Generic name of the application, for example Web Browser. | localestring |
NoDisplay | Used to not display an application in the menus. Useful for example to associate the application with MIME types so that it will be launched from a file manager or other apps based on the characteristics of a file. | boolean |
Comment | Tooltip for the entry | localestring |
Icon | Icon to display. If the name is not an absolute path, the algorithm described in the Icon Theme Specification will be used to locate the icon. | iconstring |
Hidden | This name should have been called Deleted as it is equivalent to the .desktop file not existing at all. | boolean |
OnlyShowIn, NotShowIn | A list of strings identifying the desktop environments that should display/not display a given desktop entry. | string(s) |
DBusActivatable | If the value is true or missing then implementations should ignore the Exec key and send a D-Bus message to launch the application. | boolean |
TryExec | Path to an executable file on disk used to determine if the program is actually installed. | string |
Exec | Program to execute, possibly with arguments. See the Exec key for details on how this key works. Required if DBusActivatable is not set to true. | string |
Path | If Type=Application: the working directory to run the program in. | string |
Terminal | Whether the program runs in a terminal window. | boolean |
Actions | | string(s) |
MimeType | The MIME type(s) supported by this application. | string(s) |
Categories | Categories in which the entry should be shown in a menu. | string(s) |
Implements | A list of interfaces that this application implements. (By default, a desktop file implements no interfaces.) | string(s) |
Keywords | | localestring(s) |
StartupNotify | | boolean |
StartupWMClass | | string |
URL | Type=Link: the URL to access. | string |
PrefersNonDefaultGPU | If true, the application prefers to be run on a more powerful discrete GPU if available | boolean |
SingleMainWindow | | boolean |