https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450326
Bug ID: 450326
Summary: Does Plasma Desktop really need to offer the Desktop
containment layout?
Product: plasmashell
Version: master
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: Desktop Containment
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: n...@kde.org
CC: notm...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: 1.0
>From a user perspective, the difference between the Desktop and Folder
containments is that Desktop shows no desktop icons even if you have placed
files or folders in ~/Desktop, while Folder does.
However there is an easy alternative: don't put anything in ~/Desktop. People
who hate the concept of desktop files will be able to easily do that. In fact,
most of them probably already have.
Therefore, perhaps we can remove the UI toggle to switch between Desktop and
Folder layouts, at least in Plasma Desktop. Other shells like PlaMo or
Bigscreen might want to keep using Desktop so I guess we shouldn't delete it
entirely. But for Plasma Desktop, I don't see the use case, and having a UI
control to switch between them is an extra bit of UI that the user will have to
figure out.
I'd like to propose that we remove the UI to switch between them in Plasma
Desktop, and instead always use a Folder View containment. People who hate
desktop icons should just not put anything in ~/Desktop; problem solved.
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