Making the "Folder View" widget less ugly.

[Matthew Woehlke]

Scott Beamer wrote:
> Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> Scott Beamer wrote:
>>> As far as I know, the only way to view icons on the desktop is via the
>>> "Folder View" widget.
>> You can also use a folder view /as/ the desktop. (At least in 4.2...)
> 
> And I would know this because?

I wasn't expecting that you would, which is why I mentioned it? It 
wasn't meant to be associated with the response beneath it. Rather, as I 
believe it is new to 4.2, I was trying to helpfully inform you of a 
change you might be interested to know about.

(And, no, I don't know if any distro is shipping 4.2-beta.)

>>> The problem is, that widget is just plain ugly.
>>>
>>> At the very least I'd like this widget's background to be *completely*
>>> transparent.
>> You do realize you can change the style, or even make your own?
> 
> And I would realize this because?
> 
> Call me crazy, but KDE 4 isn't exactly what I'd call Intuitive (at least not compared to KDE 3.x or GNOME).

Have you not found the configuration dialog? (It's on the desktop 
right-click menu, which, as that seems to be where it is on every DE 
I've used, doesn't strike me as hard to find.) I found it odd that you 
seemed to be complaining about the implementation while knowing very 
little about it, such as that you can use different themes.

-- 
Matthew
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in a KDE session. And nothing bad happened whatsoever. Try THAT on 
Windows :-D.

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