fix: show misconfigured icons

frappe/desk/doctype/desktop_icon/desktop_icon.py

@@ -86,16 +86,13 @@ class DesktopIcon(Document):
 		else:
 			try:
 				items = bootinfo.workspace_sidebar_item[self.label.lower()]["items"]
-				#
-				if len(items) == 0:
-					return False
 
 				if len(items) and all(item["type"] == "Section Break" for item in items):
 					return False
 
 				return True
 			except KeyError:
-				return False
+				return True
 
 	def check_app_permission(self):
 		for a in frappe.get_installed_apps():
@@ -193,7 +190,6 @@ def get_desktop_icons(user=None, bootinfo=None):
 
 		permitted_icons = []
 		permitted_parent_labels = set()
-
 		if bootinfo:
 			for s in user_icons:
 				icon = frappe.get_doc("Desktop Icon", s)

frappe/desk/page/desktop/desktop.js

@@ -890,9 +890,6 @@ class DesktopIcon {
 		if (this.icon_type == "Folder") {
 			if (this.icon_data.child_icons.length == 0) return false;
 		}
-		if (this.icon_type == "Link" && !this.icon_route) {
-			return false;
-		}
 		return true;
 	}
 	get_child_icons_data() {
@@ -999,7 +996,15 @@ class DesktopIcon {
 			if (this.icon_route && this.icon_route.startsWith("http")) {
 				this.icon.attr("target", "_blank");
 			}
-			this.icon.attr("href", this.icon_route);
+			if (this.icon_route) {
+				this.icon.attr("href", this.icon_route);
+			} else {
+				this.icon.on("click", function (event) {
+					frappe.msgprint(
+						"Icon is not correctly configured please check the workspace sidebar to it"
+					);
+				});
+			}
 		}
 	}