Creating Desktop Icons for Webpages

[anonprivate]

Hello,

How can I create icons on the desktop that link to webpages?

Thanks

[NickStone]

Can you not right click the mouse on the desktop to display a menu and doers it not have the option to create a shortcut or URL link?

[anonprivate]

Not on my system

[NickStone]

How is your desktop set up?

[anonprivate]

How is your desktop set up?

I don't understand the question. kubuntu

[Snowhog]

Ensure that you have Widgets unlocked on the Desktop.

Running Firefox browser:

Click and hold on the URL site icon in the browser URL window. If the site doesn't have an icon, then click and hold on the 'circle i' icon. Drag to the desktop and let go. When you see the Widgets box displayed, click on Icon.

[anonprivate]

Ensure that you have Widgets unlocked on the Desktop.

Running Firefox browser:

Click and hold on the URL site icon in the browser URL window. If the site doesn't have an icon, then click and hold on the 'circle i' icon. Drag to the desktop and let go. When you see the Widgets box displayed, click on Icon.

I tried this with Yahoo Mail. An icon was created on the desktop along with a massive path that seems uneditable. There appears to be no control over the icon

[sithlord48]

you must highlight the whole URL then you can drag it to the desktop where it will create a widget for it

[oshunluvr]

you must highlight the whole URL then you can drag it to the desktop where it will create a widget for it

On my system, this makes a "Sticky Note" with the URL in it. AFAIK, you can't put Icons on the Desktop when using "Desktop" layout. You have to use "Folder View" layout.

[sithlord48]

mine in "desktop" mode makes a little icon (icon wiget) that you can click on an it loads up firefox and opens the url when clicked.

[Snowhog]

mine in "desktop" mode makes a little icon (icon wiget) that you can click on an it loads up firefox and opens the url when clicked.

Which is what it does in my explanation.

[anonprivate]

Where are these desktop modes and folder view layouts?

[anonprivate]

I am making progress

I have made some icon links to webpages and the icons on this virtual desktop are all the same size.

However, on another virtual desktop I have some icons which are smaller (geometrically) than the above, although each is of the same size.

My question is, how can I control the size of the icons that appear on the desktops?

Thanks

[oshunluvr]

Where are these desktop modes and folder view layouts?

Right click on the desktop, select "Configure Desktop," change "Layout" to "Desktop" or "Folder View."

There used to be more options. Basically, Desktop mode shows widgets on the desktop, not icons. Folder view shows the contents of a folder as icons, but no widgets - like the old Windows way of displaying a desktop.

IMO, the best option is to leave it in "Desktop" mode and have a Folder View widget. Then you have the best of both worlds. I have a larger folder view widget what a transparent background that displays the contents of my desktop folder as icons.

Here's a screenshot of half my desktop showing both the folder widget (on the far left) and also "Sticky Note" widget I get instead of icons like apparently the rest of you are. Must be because I have the "Notes" widget installed.

[sithlord48]

Which is what it does in my explanation.

In your explanation you say you can use the sites icon or the (i) by the url.

I can not create the widget by draging those. It only works if I have the url highlighted and drag that to plasma workspace.

I can not make sticknotes by draging text to the desktop. (because my widgets are locked).

edit:

with the desktop widgets locked i can only make the url link by draging the url text from the location bar on firefox.

with the desktop widgets unlocked i can drag by icon or the (i) icon by the url or url text ..

and now after toggling lock / unlock a few times i can no longer add any widgets while widets are locked as expected. my desktop must have been in a super state between locked and unlocked widgets...