On 10/29/2014 1:16 PM, Gustav Degreef wrote:

On 10/29/2014 04:24 AM, John Andersen wrote:

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On 10/28/2014 07:43 PM, Carl Spitzer wrote:

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In the previous version of KDE 3.5.x each Desktop could have a different background and even changing background.

How is this done in KDE 4.x??

CWSIV

Start (susebutton) Configure desktop Workspace behavior Vitrual desktops (set count) Checkbox Different widgets for each desktop

The Switch to each desktop and on each desktop Right Click, Select Default Desktop settings from context menu Unlock widget button if it appears at top Select image (or what ever you wish) in the view tab Click ok, close step to next desktop. repeat... I've tried that, but what happens is that the desktop folder that I had with my nicely configured links to folders and apps totally disappears. It is no longer on any of the 3 desktops. When I unselect that checkbox I get my folder back. How to keep what I already configured? Gustav.

Who is this, Carl or Gustav? I don't know how you configured your folder of links. Did you use a widget? Did you use an Activity? Did you manually create it with Dolphin or Kong? In the latter case, you can simply pin the Kong window to All Desktops. Personally I find Activities a totally unwanted intrusion on the concept of Desktops, which have muddled the waters and added very little value, so I use precisely ONE activity. It almost sounds like you used the file folder Activity for what you are doing. I put widgets on specific pages when I find any widget of value, and again there are precious few of those that are worth didly squat. But they can't be set to appear on every desktop. Those things I will need from everywhere end up as icons on the launcher. Other than that, I run a pretty clean desktop. I hate clutter. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 29/10/14 23:23, Gustav Degreef wrote:

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On 10/29/2014 1:16 PM, Gustav Degreef wrote:

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Start (susebutton) Configure desktop Workspace behavior Vitrual desktops (set count) Checkbox Different widgets for each desktop

The Switch to each desktop and on each desktop Right Click, Select Default Desktop settings from context menu Unlock widget button if it appears at top Select image (or what ever you wish) in the view tab Click ok, close step to next desktop. repeat... How to keep what I already configured? Gustav. Who is this, Carl or Gustav?

I don't know how you configured your folder of links. Did you use a widget? Folder view widget. I used to have one or two different folder view widgets on each separate desktop. Now the same widget is on all 3. When I click to have separate widgets for each desktop, that folder view completely dissappers. Personally I find Activities a totally unwanted intrusion on the concept of Desktops, which have muddled the waters and added very little value, so I use precisely ONE activity. I agree, I still haven't figured a good use for them so I don't use

On 10/29/2014 06:25 PM, John Andersen wrote: them. Gustav

I noticed this same issue after installing 13.1 last year. I initially reduced the number of virtual desktops to one, thinking I was going to go down the Activities route. I got that one desktop all configured how I wanted it with various widgets, etc., then changed my mind and decided to increase the number of virtual desktops to 4. However, having done that, I found myself with 4 new completely blank desktops, with all trace of the one I'd configured gone. Seems like a buggy implementation to me, would be the same if you had 4 all highly configured, then decided to add a fifth and lost the lot. Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 10/29/2014 01:23 PM, Anton Aylward wrote:

On 10/29/2014 04:09 PM, Peter wrote:

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Seems like a buggy implementation to me, would be the same if you had 4 all highly configured, then decided to add a fifth and lost the lot.

Perhaps its an artefact of the stuff you had installed?

I started with 4 And increased to six with no problems. or perhaps its a 2-by-2 that works?

More likely you haven't bothered to follow the thread, and are talking out of your hat. Go unclick the aforementioned check box and see how different your wallpaper is on each desktop. -- Explain again the part about rm -rf / -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 10/29/2014 03:23 PM, Gustav Degreef wrote:

Folder view widget. I used to have one or two different folder view widgets on each separate desktop. Now the same widget is on all 3. When I click to have separate widgets for each desktop, that folder view completely dissappers.

The problem here is that the KDE people who foisted this thing on us simply will not back down, and insist on storing the wallpaper as a widget rather than the old way where it was simply an image on the desktop. Therefore, there is no way to have a different wallpaper unless you have different widgets, because wallpaper is a form of widget. There was a huge fight about this during the KDE Wars. Huge. Hennie was in here banning people, left and right. There wasn't much Opensuse could do about it, it was the upstream masters of KDE that imposed this, just like the upstream masters at RedHat are imposing systemd. Opensuse has no choice but to go along. -- Explain again the part about rm -rf / -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 10/29/2014 3:36 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* John Andersen [10-29-14 16:26]:

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On 10/29/2014 03:23 PM, Gustav Degreef wrote:

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Folder view widget. I used to have one or two different folder view widgets on each separate desktop. Now the same widget is on all 3. When I click to have separate widgets for each desktop, that folder view completely dissappers.

The problem here is that the KDE people who foisted this thing on us simply will not back down, and insist on storing the wallpaper as a widget rather than the old way where it was simply an image on the desktop.

Therefore, there is no way to have a different wallpaper unless you have different widgets, because wallpaper is a form of widget.

There was a huge fight about this during the KDE Wars. Huge. Hennie was in here banning people, left and right.

There wasn't much Opensuse could do about it, it was the upstream masters of KDE that imposed this, just like the upstream masters at RedHat are imposing systemd. Opensuse has no choice but to go along.

I have 6 virtual desktop with different background on each and only one activity, Desktop Icons. openSUSE-Factory. Changing the desktop background amounts to rt-clk on desktop and select "Default Desktop Setting" which allows setting mouse actions or the desktop background.

That's what I have too. Now, add a widget to one of your desktops. Step to another desktop. Is the widget there? No. But lets say, that like Gustav/Carl you want that same widget echoed on all desktops, all aligned at the same place. So you go to Config desktop, work space behavior, and uncheck the box that says Different Widgets for Each Desktop. This will run all your desktops with the same widget set. And the same wallpaper. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 10/30/2014 01:29 AM, John Andersen wrote:

That's what I have too. Now, add a widget to one of your desktops. Step to another desktop. Is the widget there? No. But lets say, that like Gustav/Carl you want that same widget echoed on all desktops,

No, that's not what I want. As the OP I want different backgrounds and different widgest for each desktop. But I started with that box (different widgets for different desktops) unchecked - I did not realize it at the time. So when I now go to select that box what happens is that he "Folder View" widget (which appears on all desktops) disappears from all desktops - instead of at least remaining on one desktop. When I uncheck the box the widget comes back on all desktops. How can I get that widget (with all the links and stuff I already put inside it) back on only one desktop? - without having to start from scratch (since it exists somwhere, it has not been deleted)? I'm using KDE 4.10.5 (os 12.3).

go to Config desktop, work space behavior, and uncheck the box that says Different Widgets for Each Desktop.

That part is clear. Gustav.

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On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 4:05 PM, John Andersen wrote:

On 10/30/2014 07:47 AM, Gustav Degreef wrote:

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How can I get that widget (with all the links and stuff I already put inside it) back on only one desktop? - without having to start from scratch (since it exists somwhere, it has not been deleted)?

The box (which you STILL haven't adequetly described), Is, I'm guessing, either some kind of postit note, or a directory listing of a specific directory perhaps of your "desktop" directory.

It would help a lot if you could navigate your desktop back to the situation where it did appear, then right click it, and tell us what the name of the widget is. What actual software did you use when you created this "box".

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If it is just a folder just add the folder view widget and then select the folder you placed the items in. If you did not change the default folder then it is the desktop folder. ~/Desktop/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Gustav Degreef wrote:

On 10/30/2014 09:13 PM, Timothy Butterworth wrote:

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On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 4:05 PM, John Andersen wrote:

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On 10/30/2014 07:47 AM, Gustav Degreef wrote:

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How can I get that widget (with all the links and stuff I already put inside it) back on only one desktop? - without having to start from scratch (since it exists somwhere, it has not been deleted)?

If it is just a folder just add the folder view widget and then select the folder you placed the items in. If you did not change the default folder then it is the desktop folder.

~/Desktop/ Yes, that's all I had to do to get it all correct. Thanks. I feel silly, but it just eluded me for quite a long time. Gustav.

No problem Tim

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