On 2/28/21 3:48 AM, Peter McD wrote:
Am 27.02.21 um 00:26 schrieb DennisG:
Just passing this discovery along fwiw, perhaps some KDE users might be interested . . .
I've used KDE's virtual desktops feature for a long time, but it was always a small annoyance to have to share the same wallpaper across all desktops. So I've been using the "wallpaper switcher" applet which associates each virtual desktop with its own wallpaper, and it worked well. Unfortunately, it breaks with the current Plasma and so I lost it with the 15.2 upgrade.
However, the author of wallpaper switcher recommends using "vallpaper" (that's a "v"), which not only provides the same multiple wallpaper functionality, but adds some bells and whistles, too. Installation is very simple, and it integrates nicely (as a "plugin") with the KDE Desktop Configuration. IMO definitely worth a try if you want a different wallpaper for each virtual desktop.
Oh, I could use that.
Where could I find it, in KDE system settings?
Peter
If you right-click on Desktop, open Configure Desktop/Wallpaper Type/Get New Plugins you will find it there but installation from there did not work for me. So instead I got it from here: https://github.com/lehklu/Vallpaper Download the zip file (version 2.0.2) and follow instructions to install the Plugin. Then open Configure Desktop, make sure you are using Folder View, and under the Wallpaper Type pull-down you will see Vallpaper in the list. Select that and the window will change. Add your wallpaper files under Picture Sources. Under Desktop add each virtual desktop (it knows how many you have). I think there may be more than one way to associate a wallpaper file to each Desktop. As I recall all I did after adding the wallpaper files and Desktops, was right-click on the Desktop and in the dialog window I clicked on <Vallpaper> Next Image which will scroll thru the images you put under Sources. Whichever you leave there, it will associate and remember. Go to next Desktop and do the same. There are other features which I haven't played with yet. Good luck. -- dg