Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2827 mails)

[Bob Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 20 December 2008 08:59:34 Will Stephenson wrote:
> On Saturday 20 December 2008 08:32:42 Clayton wrote:
> > > I also miss having a "desktop" it was so convent to place applications
> > > and documents on it for quick access. Now the desktop I guess is a
> > > pretty place to show off your wallpaper.
> >
> > So... use the Folder View widget.  That's what it is there for.  You
> > can even adjust the size of the widget up to cover the whole screen.
> > I'm using the Oxygen desktop theme, and you can't even tell the folder
> > view is there (ie it's completely transparent).  My desktop functions
> > exactly the same now as a KDE3 desktop... a convenient place to drop
> > temp files etc.  I do have to say it was a dearly missed feature in
> > the 4.0.4 release... but it's there now in 4.1.
>
> No need to resize it.
>
> Right click on the Desktop, click Desktop Settings
>
> In the Desktop Settings dialog, change the Desktop Activity Type to "Folder
> View".  Click Apply.
>
> Then you get the traditional icons-as-desktop approach.
>
> (We described this and translated it into 17 languages and linked it from
> /usr/bin/SUSEgreeter as "Show Introduction to KDE4" - but you can lead a
> horse to water etc etc ;))
>
> Will

That just made plasma crash. I've logged in to bugs.kde.org but can't see 
where I submit my report.

Bob
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