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Configuring your desktop has changed a lot between KDE 3.5 and KDE 4 and 5. For those updating, a bit of explanation is needed. | Configuring your desktop has changed a lot between KDE 3.5 and KDE 4 and 5. For those updating, a bit of explanation is needed. | ||
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In older versions of Plasma it was possible to edit the right-click menu and remove the <menuchoice>Configure Desktop</menuchoice> item and its keyboard shortcut. If that happened, and you want your <menuchoice>Configure Desktop</menuchoice> item back this is what you do: | |||
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In a terminal run | |||
{{Input|1=kate ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc}} | {{Input|1=kate ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc}} | ||
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and under section <code>[ActionPlugins][0][RightButton;NoModifier]</code> make sure | <!--T:23--> | ||
and under section <code>[ActionPlugins][0][RightButton;NoModifier]</code> make sure these lines are present: | |||
{{Input|1= | {{Input|1= | ||
configure=true | configure=true | ||
configure shortcuts=true | configure shortcuts=true | ||
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After relogin, <menuchoice>Configure Desktop</menuchoice> is visible again. | |||
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== Icons == <!--T:2--> | == Icons == <!--T:2--> |
Latest revision as of 10:54, 7 July 2019
Configuring your desktop has changed a lot between KDE 3.5 and KDE 4 and 5. For those updating, a bit of explanation is needed.
Icons
Challenge: You want to place icons on your desktop (like: "watch TV" or "play pingus")
Solution:
- with KDE 3.5, right-click and choose "Create link to Application"
- with KDE 4 it is much more complicated:
- the "Desktop folder" approach
- start Konqueror, choose . Verify you have KDE 4.2 at least.
- right-click onto your desktop, choose
- in 4.5 that becomes
- right-click onto your desktop, choose
- the "drag and drop" approach
- Open a file manager and drag the file you would like onto the desktop. It will appear there as icon.
- the "Desktop folder" approach
Example
Let's assume you want an icon on your desktop that starts Konqueror:
- find out where the executable is located
- start a konsole by Alt + F2 and then typing
konsole
- type
which konqueror
let's assume the response is/usr/local/bin/konqueror
- point your konqueror to where you can find your executable, in this case /usr/local/bin
- drag-and-drop konqueror onto your desktop
- start a konsole by Alt + F2 and then typing
Now you can start konqueror by clicking onto the konqueror icon on your desktop
Plasma
Your desktop is now based on Plasma. This makes it possible to run widgets (sometimes referred to as plasmoids) on it, e.g. a clock that docks directly to your desktop and is not surrounded by a border. To add the "clock" widget, right-click onto your desktop and choose . E.g. choose the Analog Clock Widget there.
Rearrange your Panel
Most of us are creatures of habit, and like our panel to show icons in a familiar order. Plasma appears to drop icons in a random order, but you can re-arrange them as long as you have KDE 4.1 or later. If you have the Panel Controller (which looks like a Cashew in a semi-circle) on the right hand edge of your panel, you can re-order or change the size and justification of the panel. See Can I move the applets on the panel?
Many more such hints are on the Plasma FAQ pages.
Access your files on a remote desktop
Under KDE3, if you had an fstab mount to a remote directory you got an icon on your desktop. This doesn't happen in KDE4, but there's an even better way to reach your files.
Create a folderview (right-click on desktop,
). It will be pointing to your home directory by default, but click on the spanner on the handle, to get properties, and you can direct it to open in your remote home. If you keep your folder fairly small you'll be able to scroll down to the exact directory you need, and open it in Konqueror (which in some versions seems to be the default for remote directories. It may well be that this can be changed, too.)More than one File Manager
Everything mentioned as possible in Konqueror can also be done in Dolphin. At first glance you might think Dolphin lacks features, but read the pages linked from the Dolphin page to learn the new features that make it so powerful.