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

[Janos Dohanics]

On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:21:32 +0100
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?

> > 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].
> 
> I can confirm that strange behaviour. It looks like a bug to me. I
> also tried it with a Kubuntu 12.04 daily live CD (from some time last
> week) with KDE 4.7.3 and it is still the same behaviour. Is it the
> same on your FreBSD system?

Haven't tried it...

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Janos Dohanics
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