Questionable KDE.....

[Bill Vance]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2014, Clay Weber wrote:

> On Monday, September 15, 2014 11:13:04 PM Bill Vance wrote:
> 
> > Howdy Folks;
> 
> > From time to time, I've been through several
> > sets of varied documentation, and never seem
> > to find the vaguest reference, let alone an
> > answer to this question. On my desktop, is a
> > rectangular area, demarked by a simple line
> > around it's four sides. Anything created in,
> > or copied/moved to, (cp/mv), my
> > /home/$USER/Desktop directory appears in this
> > rectangle as an icon. Conversely, any
> > file-icon droped into this window, appears in the
> > above mentioned directory.
> >
> > Now here's the question: When the mouse pointer
> > traverses this, "Desktop-window", a narrow bar
> > appears along one side or the other of it, and
> > has five buttons on it. The bottom one, (if
> > clicked on), makes the Desktop-window go away
> > forever. Otherwise, nothing obvious happens
> > when clicking on any of the other buttons.
> >
> > What are the other four buttons there for?
> >
> > Bill
> 
>  
> 
> That is a Folder widget. The other buttons are for rotating, resizing,
> and settings. The bar is also used to move the widget around. The
> settings you can configure which folder is used and other things.
> 
> 
> You can lock widgets via the right-click menu on your desktop, which
> disables the side bar on them, but also disables being able to move or
> configure them.
> 
>  
> There is one extra button specifically on the Folder widget that simply
> opens the folder in Dolphin. (most other widgets only have the 4
> buttons.)
> 
>  
> https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma
> 
> --
> 
> Clay Weber (claydoh)
> http://kubuntuforums.net
> http://claydoh.com

Thanks Clay, I still can't feature why such an
obvious, and in your face, kind of thing should
be so hard to find info on, but I guess it comes
down to knowing where to look.

Bill