[NTLUG:Discuss] F14 KDE Plasma

[Christopher Cox]

On 08/28/2012 07:25 PM, Dennis wrote:
> I am using Fedora 14 KDE and the square thing that contains various desktop
> application icons has disappeared.  I do not know what caused it to
> disappear or how to get it back, because I can no longer have icons appear
> on the desktop (Plasma?).

It's a widget.  Often times the default View for KDE is a Desktop view with a 
View Folder widget over the Desktop folder in your home dir.

I prefer to make change the desktop to a Folder View desktop, where the desktop 
is the Folder View and it's the Desktop folder.. makes the icons look the way 
they did back in the 3.5 days... (e.g.  icons on a desktop).

Usually, doing a right click will show you what kind of desktop view you have in 
place.   So, in my case, when I right click the last entry in the popup menu is 
for Folder View Settings (since I use the Folder View as my desktop).  If I 
click that, I can actually change my desktop view back to Desktop if I wanted to 
.. and then I could add a Folder View widget back that holds my Desktop folder 
(the box thing with the file icons in it).

I may not be explaining this well and my terms are probably "off"... but 
hopefully it points you in the right direction.

There's a lot of stuff in KDE4.. like activities (the ability to create specific 
views.. multiple desktop portals)...  it can get complicated.