Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3513 mails)

[Anton Aylward <anton.aylward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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.


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