downloaded wallpapers

[farhad]

Hi,
I'm using kubuntu 16.04
i downloaded some wallpapers for my desktop , i wanted to know where these files are stored in my computer ?
thank you

[GerardV]

In ~/.local/share/wallpaper if you downloaded it using the "Folder View Setting" option. Any other way, say using your browser, usually in your Downloads folder.

[farhad]

In ~/.local/share/wallpaper if you downloaded it using the "Folder View Setting" option. Any other way, say using your browser, usually in your Downloads folder.

thank you

[notabug]

I hope I'm not going too far off topic, but wallpaper images I download on my own don't show up either in slideshow or one at a time selections. The only wallpapers I can use are those downloaded with "Desktop Settings".

Kubuntu 16.04

[GerardV]

Maybe you have to copy these wallpapers or images to ~/.local/share/wallpapers for them to show up in a slideshow.

[Rog131]

Plasma 5 wallpaper paths

Earlier: How to add another path to wallpaper list?- https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=89549

With the KF5 (1) the picture wallpapers are looked along the path:
/usr/share/wallpapers/
and
$HOME/.local/share/wallpapers/




Special Plasma wallpapers - slideshow, animated, video, etc - are looked from:
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/
and
$HOME/.local/share/plasma/wallpapers/




(1) - KDE Frameworks 5

The KF5 is following the Freedesktop specifications:
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/
--> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Spe.../basedir-spec/
----> https://specifications.freedesktop.o...t/ar01s03.html

$XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific data files should be stored. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.local/share should be used...

[notabug]

Thank you both. I've tried all three paths suggested. I have a large collection of high definition images in jpg format (1920x1080 or larger). None can be used as background images, whether static or as a desktop slideshow. I did download a handful of svg format images from kde-look.org which are usable as a slideshow. Images I have downloaded using "Desktop Plasma - Settings get new wallpaper" are jpg format, so I don't understand why I am not able to use jpg images I already have on hand. I know that compared to the overall package of Kubuntu 16.04, Plasma 5 and KDE Framework 5, the absence of my choice of pictures on a desktop is niggling, but still, this is something I have never had an issue with before and is something I have always felt comfortable doing with not too much effort. Now I seem to have met a stumbling block no one else seems to have encountered. I can find zilch in Google searches, Googlubuntu searches, KDE Community searches and searches here. Sorry, I am just frustrated with something that should be simple.

[Snowhog]

Exactly where is your "large collection of high definition images in jpg format" located on your system? What is the full path to them?

[notabug]

I feel like a total idiot because I think I found what is wrong with my images. They all had the number sign (#) in the filenames. I renamed a few, deleting the # and they work fine. I thank all of you who replied. Snowhog, right now I have images at ./local/share/plasma/wallpapers. I did try the other paths before my epiphany, but I assume any of the paths will work now. And I apologize for taking over the OP's thread.

[Rog131]

I feel like a total idiot because I think I found what is wrong with my images. They all had the number sign (#) in the filenames. I renamed a few, deleting the # and they work fine...

KDE Forums - Can't set background if '#' character in file path: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=133042

[SpecialEd]

In ~/.local/share/wallpaper if you downloaded it using the "Folder View Setting" option. Any other way, say using your browser, usually in your Downloads folder.

Hi, newbie here. I am having the same problem with my wallpapers. I located the files in the /local/share/wallpaper directory using the terminal but I can't access that folder from the wallpaper configuation settings. Is it a hidden directory or something like that?

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[Snowhog]

The location is .local/share/wallpapers. The path is in your users home directory.

[SpecialEd]

The location is .local/share/wallpapers. The path is in your users home directory.

Thanks Snowhog. It took me a while to figure out that . meant hidden and also when using the command line I wasn't paying attention to case. Derp!