creating custom icons for kde 4 desktop

[James Richard Tyrer]

Rick Miles wrote:
> On Friday 20 February 2009 01:59:34 Stefan Dotterweich wrote:
>  > On Thursday 19 February 2009 09:11:53 Rick Miles wrote:
>  > > On Thursday 19 February 2009 17:48:31 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>  > > > Rick Miles wrote:
>  > > > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>  > > > > > > Rick Miles wrote:
>  > > > > > >> I have asked about this on two threads and apparently no one
>  > > > > > >> else saw it as an issue but AFAIC it is really handy among
>  > > > > > >> other things to hit an icon that will open up a browser at a
>  > > > > > >> predefined URL.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > I can do that just fine here. Right-click on desktop, "Create
>  > > > > > > New->Link to location". I enter "http://www.google.com/linux"
>  > > > > > > and there, I just created it. I double-click it, Firefox opens
>  > > > > > > up google/linux. You select the icon, press F2 and can 
> rename it
>  > > > > > > to whatever you want (you don't need to keep the ".desktop"
>  > > > > > > suffix). You can also right-click and in the properties select
>  > > > > > > another icon for it.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > This is with vanilla, unmodified KDE 4.2.0.
>  > > > >
>  > > > > You must have a different brand of vanilla I can't do that on my
>  > > > > desktop but I can do that in the folder ~/Desktop which the kde 
> docs
>  > > > > Anne referred me to say to use that method as a workaround if one
>  > > > > wants that kind of kde 3 desktop functionality on a kde 4 desktop.
>  > > > >
>  > > > > I think this may be a point of confusion desktop or the folder
>  > > > > ~/Desktop on the desktop.
>  > > >
>  > > > Your desktop can be whatever you want it to be.
>  > >
>  > > and I don't want to have to put a folder named anything on top of it to
>  > > be able to add my own icons to it.
>  > >
>  > > > You can have
>  > > > ~/.desktopicons instead of ~/Desktop. I don't see where the problem
>  > > > is, if there is a problem at all.
>  > >
>  > > The method you prefer is discussed in the KDE docs under the 
> heading " If
>  > > you prefer a Classic, KDE3-style Desktop" I don't. I'd rather learn how
>  > > to work with KDE4 but not be constrained with what I can do.
>  > >
>  > > For example, I want a home icon that will open up konqueror with my 
> home
>  > > directory and I want it in Quicklaunch on my panel. I have a diamond
>  > > crystal 42x42 home.png in my local icons directory.
>  > >
>  > > This would be easy the way you want to do it into a folder using 
> foldview
>  > > to paste a folder across the entire desktop. However, that method won't
>  > > work for installing an icon in the quicklaunch applet.
>  > >
>  > > A file named home.desktop with the lines below saved into
>  > > /usr/share/applications gives me an icon I can put in quicklaunch using
>  > > the KDE quicklaunch add applet selection/menu and when I select it 
> I get
>  > > my home directory in konqueror.
>  > >
>  > > There is no folderview in Quicklaunch.
>  > >
>  > > [Desktop Entry]
>  > > Name=Home
>  > > Comment=Home Directory
>  > > Exec=/usr/bin/konqueror ~/
>  > > Icon=/usr/local/share/icons/home-42.png
>  > > Terminal=0
>  > > Type=Application
>  > > Categories=Application;Network;
>  >
>  > It is done exactly like James Richard Tyrer said. Drag the favicon in
>  > Konqueror anywhere on your desktop and you get an icon with a link to 
> your
>  > file. You can also drag and drop any file from Konquerer or Dolphin file
>  > view or even the Kickoff menu. You can drop them onto the panel, too.
>  >
>  > and don't forget to unlock your desktop first ;) won't work otherwise
>  >
> Thanks Stefen but I cannot drag and drop an icon that does not exist 
> until Ihave created it first.. 

If you want to create an icon, right click and choose: Create New and 
Link to Location or Link to Application.

> BTW, I though favicons were url or 
> bookmark icons on webpages do they now have a special meaning in KDE?

No, I think that it is the same in other browsers.  It is just a 
convenient drag handle for the URL.

-- 
JRT


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