Adding home folder/trash can to desktop + plea for simplicity

[Nils Kassube]

Janos Dohanics wrote:
> Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Janos Dohanics wrote:
> > > While trying to set up KDE 4.7.2 (Kubuntu 11.10 AMD64) some
> > > seemingly simple tasks turned out to be not so straightforward.
> > > 
> > > One of these was to add the home folder and trash can to the
> > > desktop.
> > > 
> > > After some poking around I figured out that this can be
> > > accomplished by:
> > > 
> > > - Switch to Application Launcher
> > > 
> > > - Highlight Computer in the menu
> > > 
> > > - Right click on Home/Trash
> > > 
> > > - Add to desktop
> > > 
> > > That was simple!
> > > 
> > > Then, I changed the number of desktops from 2 to 4 (my everyday
> > > OS is FreeBSD, and I have 4 desktops there - I think that's the
> > > default there).
> > > 
> > > Adding 2 more desktops though made the home folders and trash
> > > cans disappear.
> > 
> > Obviously you also enabled the option "Different widgets for each
> > desktop". If I don't enable that option the icons don't disappear.
> 
> I must have stumbled upon the "Different widgets for each  desktop"
> option. Still, should you expect that your existing customization
> disappears after turning on this option?

Of course not, that's why I mentioned the bug report [1] in the other 
mail. I'd expect that either I'm asked on which desktop I want to have 
the current customization or to have that customization copied to all 
desktops.

> > > Repeating the above procedure to add these items had no effect,
> > > though. Did it again - nothing.
> > > 
> > > Then, switched to another desktop - and there were 3 home
> > > folders!
> > > 
> > > Finally, I figured out that performing the above procedure on
> > > desktop
> > > #1 will add the items to desktop #2.
> > > 
> > > What works then is (for my 4 desktops): do the procedure on
> > > desktop #n to get the effect on desktop #n+1 - except procedure
> > > on desktop # [highest number] to get the effect on desktop
> > > #[lowest number].

Thinking about it again, it seems you found another bug. This behaviour 
isn't mentioned in the bug report although it might be related. Maybe 
you should add that info to the existing bug report or file a new one.


Nils

[1] <https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283653>