Amedee Van Gasse wrote:
Anton Aylward schreef:
Amedee Van Gasse said the following on 01/09/2009 05:09 PM:
I'll tell you how I did it. In the upper right corner of the desktop, there is a plasmoid to zoom out. When I zoom out, I can see 4 desktops on my screen. I click on the first desktop with the right mouse button, choose desktop settings, and select a wallpaper. Then I save my changes. Then, with the 4 desktops still zoomed out, I click with the right mouse button on the second desktop, set the wallpaper, save. Same for desktop 3 and 4.
That's how I made the screenshot that I sent earlier.
I think we have a difference in terminology in this thread.
Workspaces vs Desktops.
In KDE3 we had "Desktops". We still have them in KDE4.
systemsettings -> Desktop -> Multiple Desktops
Lets stick with calling those desktops.
So. pick any one of the four plasmoid-things - lets call them "workspaces" - and you still have 4 desktops in each of them.
Suppose you put (and label them as such in Systemsettings) Desktop 1 - Mail Desktop 2 - Web browser Desktop 3 - File browser (Dolphin?) Desktop 4 - Terminal
then these exist in each of the "workspaces".
The "workspace" defines the wallpaper.
Under KDE3 I don't have the plasmoid/workspaces but I can set a different wallpaper for each _Desktop_. Under KDE4 I can't
Q.E.D.
As I said, its a matter of terminology. If you call the things defined in 'systemsettings' "Desktops" then no, you can't set a different wallpaper for each desktop in KDE4 at present.
I notice in the graphic you posted that the "panel" has a two-row "pager" plasmoid - the little "four square" wire-frame. So in addition to the four "workspaces" you also have four "desktops" that appear in each workspace. You could assign names and alter the "pager" options to show the names.
I have just verified all of the above by doing it.
What this means is that you are both right - but you are using "Desktop" to mean different things.
If you right-click on the top of an application window you will get a pull-down that has an option "Desktop". This can be used to move the window to another Desktop - mail/web/files/terminal in my example. If you do you'll find it still has the same background in KDE4 but can have a different one in KDE3. This is one reason I'm using the "Desktop" in this context and "Workspace" in the other.
If you know of a way to bind an application to what I have termed a "workspace" I'd be interested in hearing about it.
Desktop, Workspace,... for me they are both words in a foreign language (English). If someone could translate to Dutch, then perhaps I could finally understand what the fuss is all about.
Anyway, if you're not happy with KDE4, there is always ion. ;-)
Well, for me, in portugese, there's no major differences too... What I wanna do is this: In "Applications => Configure Desktop => Desktop = Multiple Desktops", I have the possibility to choose up to 20 virtual desktops, ok? I use the 4 virtual desktops as it comes as default since KDE 3, the first one I remember to use. These are the same that we can switch by pressing, as default, ctrl+F1, ctrl+F2, ctrl+F3 and ctrl+F4. In KDE3 we used to choose one wallpaper for each of this screens, these virtual desktops. Now, I can't do this anymore. This is what I want. I believe now there's no doubt anymore. If there's any, let's talk :) Thx again. MilhoXP -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org