| On Friday 20 February 2009 01:59:34 Stefan Dotterweich wrote: > On Thursday 19 February 2009 09:11:53 Rick Miles wrote: > > On Thursday 19 February 2009 17:48:31 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > Rick Miles wrote: > > > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > > Rick Miles wrote: > > > > > >> I have asked about this on two threads and apparently no one > > > > > >> else saw it as an issue but AFAIC it is really handy among > > > > > >> other things to hit an icon that will open up a browser at a > > > > > >> predefined URL. > > > > > > > > > > > > I can do that just fine here. Right-click on desktop, "Create > > > > > > New->Link to location". I enter "http://www.google.com/linux" > > > > > > and there, I just created it. I double-click it, Firefox opens > > > > > > up google/linux. You select the icon, press F2 and can rename it > > > > > > to whatever you want (you don't need to keep the ".desktop" > > > > > > suffix). You can also right-click and in the properties select > > > > > > another icon for it. > > > > > > > > > > > > This is with vanilla, unmodified KDE 4.2.0. > > > > > > > > You must have a different brand of vanilla I can't do that on my > > > > desktop but I can do that in the folder ~/Desktop which the kde docs > > > > Anne referred me to say to use that method as a workaround if one > > > > wants that kind of kde 3 desktop functionality on a kde 4 desktop. > > > > > > > > I think this may be a point of confusion desktop or the folder > > > > ~/Desktop on the desktop. > > > > > > Your desktop can be whatever you want it to be. > > > > and I don't want to have to put a folder named anything on top of it to > > be able to add my own icons to it. > > > > > You can have > > > ~/.desktopicons instead of ~/Desktop. I don't see where the problem > > > is, if there is a problem at all. > > > > The method you prefer is discussed in the KDE docs under the heading " If > > you prefer a Classic, KDE3-style Desktop" I don't. I'd rather learn how > > to work with KDE4 but not be constrained with what I can do. > > > > For example, I want a home icon that will open up konqueror with my home > > directory and I want it in Quicklaunch on my panel. I have a diamond > > crystal 42x42 home.png in my local icons directory. > > > > This would be easy the way you want to do it into a folder using foldview > > to paste a folder across the entire desktop. However, that method won't > > work for installing an icon in the quicklaunch applet. > > > > A file named home.desktop with the lines below saved into > > /usr/share/applications gives me an icon I can put in quicklaunch using > > the KDE quicklaunch add applet selection/menu and when I select it I get > > my home directory in konqueror. > > > > There is no folderview in Quicklaunch. > > > > [Desktop Entry] > > Name=Home > > Comment=Home Directory > > Exec=/usr/bin/konqueror ~/ > > Icon=/usr/local/share/icons/home-42.png > > Terminal=0 > > Type=Application > > Categories=Application;Network; > > It is done exactly like James Richard Tyrer said. Drag the favicon in > Konqueror anywhere on your desktop and you get an icon with a link to your > file. You can also drag and drop any file from Konquerer or Dolphin file > view or even the Kickoff menu. You can drop them onto the panel, too. > > and don't forget to unlock your desktop first ;) won't work otherwise > Thanks Stefen but I cannot drag and drop an icon that does not exist until Ihave created it first.. BTW, I though favicons were url or bookmark icons on webpages do they now have a special meaning in KDE? -- Cheers, http://rickmiles.com.au http://turtlespond.net |
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