Kubuntu 10.04 How to create an icon on desktop?

[Alan Dacey Sr.]

On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 06:09:32 pm Larry Alkoff wrote:
> On 08/04/2010 03:48 PM, Clay Weber wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 05:35:16 pm Larry Alkoff wrote:
> >> On 08/04/2010 03:08 PM, Alan Dacey Sr. wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 04:50:29 pm Larry Alkoff wrote:
> >>>> In previous versions of Kubuntu it was only necessary to right
> >>>> click on the desktop to create an icon with settings in ~/Desktop.
> >>>>
> >>>> I can't seem to do that in 10.04.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd be grateful if someone told me how to do that.
> >>>>
> >>>> Larry Alkoff
> >>>
> >>> Drag and drop a menu entry on your desktop.  Just be sure you unlock
> >>> your widgets first or nothing will happen.
> >>
> >> Where are menu entries kept?
> >
> > Just drag an item from your K-menu to your desktop
> >
> >> I've never used a widget - how can I tell if they are unlocked?
> >
> > If you drag an item from the kmenu and an icon does not appear, right-click
> > somewhere on your desktop and select 'unlock widgets'
> >
> >> I'm sorry to display my ignorance but I do almost everything from the
> >> command line except clicking on program icons to open them.
> >>
> >> Larry
> >
> > You might like to check out krunner (by hitting alt-f2) to open and run
> > programs from there (among other things)
> > http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Krunner
> >
> > Clay
> >
> 
> Thanks for your reply Clay.
> 
> Unfortunately, krunner runs but is mainly a black rectangle with a white 
> box in the middle. There are 2 blue rectangles
> on the left side - I have no idea what they do and a ? and X box on the 
> right.  The web site seems very promising but I don't understand it yet.
> 
> I have found out how to lock/unlock widets.
> 
> One of the problems I have is the task bar on the bottom is very dark 
> and it's hard to see what things are.  I tried to change to Air Panel 
> Background and Air Translucent Background but it's still very dark.
> 
> 10.04 is very different than 8.04 which I used happily for 2 years.
> 
> There seems to be very little on the K menu to drag and drop.
> Shouldn't a new entry appear on K menu when I load a new program with 
> apt-get?
> 
> Larry
> 
> 
> 

You also may want to try out the Lancelot menu.  It makes a lot more sense to me 
than the default menu and does more things better than the classic menu.  Install 
the package 'plasma-widget-lancelot' and then add it from the widgets (click on the 
cashew when unlocked).  It also has krunner integrated on the top.

-- 
Alan

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