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 -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.0, Kernel 2.6.25.18-0.2-default, KDE 3.5.10 Intel Celeron 2.53GHz, 2GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 7600GS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org