Steam icon doesn't appear on dock
Hello @mhalano, please note which desktop environment you're using.
@kisak-valve I'm using Gnome Shell, the default for Ubuntu.
When I start Steam and I have two windows, the main window and that smaller window with news, I need to close both so I can click in the systray and then open again the main windows with logo in the dock.
The boot screen has the icon in the dock working correctly:
After that, the icon disappears:
After I close the window with the "X" I went to icon in the systray and used the menu to re-open the screen. Now the icon appears in the dock:
Hi, I have the same issue.
Latest Ubuntu, Gnome 46 as of now.
You don't necessarily have to close and re-open Steam for it to appear, I usually just fire up my Firefox from the dock and I assume that "refreshes" the dock and the Steam icon appears.
Worth noting that this does only happen with Steam, no other app.
I had the same issue (Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, Gnome Shell, Wayland), but since some recent Steam update it now appears to be fixed.
Steam Beta Branch: Stable Client
Steam Version: 1737514353
Steam Client Build Date: Wed, Jan 22 03:35 UTC -08:00
Steam Web Build Date: Wed, Jan 22 02:41 UTC -08:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient021
Closing per the last comment.
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Your system information
Steam client version (build number or date):
Steam Beta Branch: Steam Beta Update
Steam Version: 1717294964
Steam Client Build Date: Sat, Jun 1 18:52 UTC -03:00
Steam Web Build Date: Fri, May 31 22:51 UTC -03:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient021
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes
Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal
tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]GPU: Nvidia
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
I open Steam client, but the icon on the dock just appears during the loading screen and disappears after that. I need to close the main window and open the window again using systray, so the icon appears on the dock correctly.
It should open and keep the icon on the dock during the time Steam is open and just disappear when closing the window.
Steps for reproducing this issue:
steam-logs.tar.gz