Files on Desktop

[ZAZZ]

This is more of a KDE question than a Kubuntu question.

Is there any way to show files on the desktop without the use of plasma widgets? I am looking for a functionality like that of KDE 3 or Windoze for this particular aspect.

I am running KDE 4.2 on Kubuntu 8.10.

Thanks in advance!

[tomp01]

Re: Files on Desktop

This is more of a KDE question than a Kubuntu question.

Is there any way to show files on the desktop without the use of plasma widgets? I am looking for a functionality like that of KDE 3 or Windoze for this particular aspect.

I am running KDE 4.2 on Kubuntu 8.10.

Thanks in advance!

Right click on desktop, select Appearance Settings>Desktop Activity, select Folder view in dropdown menu

[ZAZZ]

Re: Files on Desktop

Thanks! That must have slipped by me.

[Rog131]

Re: Files on Desktop

If you don't want to use the "Folder view" option, it is possible to make single Icons:

1) you need a .desktop file
2) you drop that .desktop file to the desktop


Example

I have a text file: /home/rog/Documents/KDE.txt and i want to add it to the desktop as a single icon.

Making a .desktop file:

Text01.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Categories=;
Exec=kate /home/rog/Documents/KDE.txt\s
GenericName=Important_note
Name=Note Me
X-KDE-StartupNotify=true
MimeType=
Icon=document-edit
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Draging&droping the Text01.desktop file from the Dolphin window to the desktop and there is an Icon which will launch the KDE.txt with the kate...




More of the .desktop files > Topic: GtoK: .desktop files

[Rog131]

Re: Files on Desktop

..and here with the KDE 4.2 (JJ). If i drag&drop a file to the desktop (default desktop containment):


if the file is a text file there will be options to make (open with) Notes / Icon


if the file is a html file - options are Web Browser / Icon


if the file is a image file - options are Picture Frame / Icon


if i drag&drop a page from the web browser, there will be a link file to the web page


... and so on - depending of the mime settings...

[thatwaschrislee]

Re: Files on Desktop

Right click on desktop, select Appearance Settings>Desktop Activity, select Folder view in dropdown menu

I must be missing something. I only see "Desktop Settings..." or "Folder View Settings...". Neither have anything to do with the problem.

thanks for any help,
chris

[thatwaschrislee]

Re: Files on Desktop

I am confused. I thought I was beginning to leave my newbie status behind but this just can't be.

When I right-click on (what I would call) my Desktop, I get the following menu:
Run Command...
Add Widgets...
Add Panel
Desktop Settings...
Lock Widgets
<line separator>
Lock Screen
Leave...

When you say traditional desktop, do you mean KDE 3.x desktop?

Am I missing something about the concept of the Desktop in KDE 4.1.4?

thanks,
chris
p.s. I was out of the country for the last week, hence my non-activity

[flarson]

Re: Files on Desktop

thatwaschrislee, you must be having a different problem than ZAZZ.
The Folder View option of the Desktop Appearance Settings is just like the traditional desktop.

Personally I really like the Quick Access widget on the panel, it gives me a clean desktop yet I can easily select any file in any directory for opening or execution.

Almost. I like the quick Access also but it does not seem to descend through mountpoints. If I mount a USB drive on /home/flarson/gizmo1, even when it is mounted Quick Access always shows it empty.