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**Don B. Cilly** · Nov 28, 2019, 12:30 AM

Well, it is abandoned.
If you read the comments, even on the "maintenance fork", the most recent is from 3 years ago.

One is (maybe) interesting:
"Actually, for anyone looking to install quickaccess in plasma 5, the same functionality is included in the folder view widget and works great!"
So maybe that was why it was abandoned?

**claydoh** · Nov 28, 2019, 08:07 AM

If you do some search foo, you should find up to four forks of this that are more recent, and none past KDE 4. It calls some KDE 4 specific libraries, as well as Qt4 ones, and these bits no longer exist.
https://store.kde.org/content/show.php?content=163309

What you have here is the source code that needs to be compiled. Someone would have to take the code and re-write it to work for a completely different system, I imagine. Especially as the old one is pure c++ I think, while the new stuff is a small amount of that, and then qml for the UI parts.

You might get better answers on a place like KDE's forums, IRC, etc, as there are actual developers and coders on those. I have a feeling that getting this to work would be a major task, and that modifying the existing Folder View code would be the way to go.

**acheron** · Nov 28, 2019, 08:37 AM

'It is dead Jim'

Use folderview.

**DoYouKubuntu** · Nov 28, 2019, 09:06 AM

Okay, thanks guys. I tried the folder view widget and some others, but did not get the same look/functionality. It's possible I dismissed them too quickly; I'll take a better look.

It's frustrating knowing that I have the widget I want...but can't use it.

**DoYouKubuntu** · Dec 08, 2019, 04:16 PM

Just an update before marking this solved: I've replicated the look of Quick Access in Folder View, and although it doesn't work exactly like QA, it's usable. What I dislike most about it is that when I want to open / (which sits atop its list), I have to actually BE ON the tiny little "/" to activate it. In QA, clicking anywhere in that top row would get me there. I have problems with both shaky hands and eyesight due to two illnesses, so navigating the trackball over to an EXACT, teensy-weensy spot on the screen, and holding it there long enough to click, is not easy!

**Don B. Cilly** · Dec 08, 2019, 04:27 PM

Well, you could make a symlink from, say, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious to / :·)

**DoYouKubuntu** · Dec 08, 2019, 04:41 PM

Originally posted by Don B. Cilly View Post

Well, you could make a symlink from, say, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious to / :·)

Yes I could! That's an excellent idea, actually. Nice and long...

Oh...but I forgot to mention the other thing I dislike about Folder View: when navigating its entries (not including / at the top), clicking a location, like /data, then lists that location's contents; to go to /data, I have to navigate to the top of the widget and--as with / in my previous rant--get RIGHT ON its name to click it. QA, on the other hand, intelligently knew that when I chose /data, I wanted to GO TO /data, not see its contents and have to do extra clicking to get where I wanted! *sigh*

**kubicle** · Dec 08, 2019, 11:54 PM

Originally posted by DoYouKubuntu View Post

What I dislike most about it is that when I want to open / (which sits atop its list), I have to actually BE ON the tiny little "/" to activate it.

If you change the "Title" settings to "Default" in the widget's settings, the title should display "Root" instead of "/" (which should be easier to hit).

Technically it shouldn't be a big change in the widget to make the whole title row clickable, if that's what you'd prefer (I could take a look at the code if you are not into that yourself)

**kubicle** · Dec 10, 2019, 08:04 AM

Originally posted by kubicle View Post

I could take a look at the code if you are not into that yourself

Here's a quick-n-dirty mod to the widget that makes the title row clickable by adding an additional MouseArea to it:

1. Make a local copy of the widget to modify (so updates to the widget won't overwrite your modifications) by copying /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment to $HOME/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/
2. Edit $HOME/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/FolderViewLayer.qml, modifications in bold (starting around line 320, might depend on the version of the widget you have installed):

Code:

...
PlasmaComponents.Label {
            id: text

            anchors {
                left: label.homeButton ? label.homeButton.right : parent.left
                right: label.windowPin ? label.windowPin.left : parent.right
                margins: units.smallSpacing
            }
[COLOR=#ff0000]            [B]MouseArea {
                id: titleMouseArea
                hoverEnabled: true
                height: parent.height
                width: parent.width
                cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
                onClicked: {
                    var action = plasmoid.action("run associated application");
                    
                    if (action) {
                        action.trigger();
                    }
                }
            }[/B][/COLOR]
            height: parent.height

            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignTop
            elide: Text.ElideMiddle
            text: labelGenerator.displayLabel
[COLOR=#ff0000]            font.underline: [B]titleMouseArea.containsMouse || [/B]labelMouseArea.containsMouse[/COLOR]
        }
...

3. restart plasmashell
4. full title row is clickable

**DoYouKubuntu** · Dec 11, 2019, 04:34 PM

Thank you, kubicle! I will give that a try and post its results.

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Widget called 'Quick Access'

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