* Hans de Faber [07-28-15 09:07]:

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Hi folks, Does somebody have experience with virtual desktops in tumbleweed or the new milestone ? If i switch to a different wallpaper, then all desktops switch to that wallpaper. Where is the setting to have different wallpapers on each desktop ?

If i switch the desktops to folderview and select a different desktopfile or desktop directory, all desktops switch to that desktopfile. Under any condition all desktops are allways identical. Last I heard, wasn't implemented in plasma5, yet.

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To me it looks not correct, Hans agreed, pita not knowing which desktop is isplayed.

I,ve found the answer and i,m very sad now. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343246 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org

On 07/28/2015 01:14 PM, Martin Schlander wrote:

Tirsdag den 28. juli 2015 15:07:18 skrev Hans de Faber:

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Does somebody have experience with virtual desktops in tumbleweed or the new milestone ? If i switch to a different wallpaper, then all desktops switch to that wallpaper. Where is the setting to have different wallpapers on each desktop ?

If i switch the desktops to folderview and select a different desktopfile or desktop directory, all desktops switch to that desktopfile. Under any condition all desktops are allways identical.

To me it looks not correct, Hans

I have not migrated to Plasma 5 yet, so I don't have much first hand experience.

But even in KDE4 having different wallpapers on each "virtual desktop", was in reality not virtual desktops, but actually different "Activities" being used behind the scene.

So maybe you could look at activities instead of virtual desktops to achieve your purpose.

I remember several years ago when we transitioned from KDE3 to KDE4, the mail lists and kde forums blew up about this change. Using Activities was the workaround provided by the devs due to coding changes. Cheers! Roman ICQ: 551368250 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org

Tirsdag den 28. juli 2015 22:35:47 skrev Matthias Müller:

I never understood "Activities" and will never. What are the advantages? And how will they be used?

I think the best way to explain it is that virtual desktops gives you several _identical_ desktops. And activities gives several _different_ desktops (different wallpapers, different desktop widgets, different applications associated and launched automatically, and in the future maybe even different panels for every activity). Activities make sense if you need different desktops for different workloads. Say when you're at home you like to have some specific wallpaper with some nice puppies on it, and a folderview widget showing some specific folder. Then later you're at work and you want a more professional wallpaper and different folders shown in folderview etc. or you're giving a presentation, or you're doing web development or whatever. Then you just switch to a completely different desktop configured specifically for that specific situation with different wallpaper, different widgets etc. with just one click or keyboard shortcut.

And why do you think that "Virtual Desktops" are actually "Activities"?

I don't. I'm just saying in KDE4 to give the perception of different wallpapers for each virtual desktop, the activity technology was actually what was technically used beneath the surface. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org

I use 4 virtual desktops, all of which have different wallpapers, some with shared widgets others with different widgets. Each for a different purpose, as reflected by the wallpaper chosen (I'll leave the one with the wallpaper photo of my gorgeous wife, to your imagination). Never used Activities, always seemed kind of redundant. --dg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org