On 04/15/11 15:45, Duncan wrote: > Wolfgang Mueller posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:51:41 +0200 as excerpted: > >> If I select a new desktop setting, i.e. a different background color or >> wallpaper, the all virtual desktops are affected. >> >> Is it possible to make a different choice for each virtual desktop, and >> if so, how is that done? > In kcontrol (wrongly aka system settings), workspace appearance and > behavior, workspace behavior, there's an applet virtual desktops. This > applet has two tabs. On the default, desktops tab, there's a layout > section, with a checkbox entitled "Different widgets for each > desktop" (This is the kde 4.5+ location. 4.4 and earlier have a > different kcontrol layout.) > > Checking that and hitting apply should do the trick. > > That will give you a different activity for each virtual desktop, locking > the two concepts, activities and virtual desktops, together. Not only the > wallpaper and/or background color will be affected, but also any other > widgets (plasmoids) you place on the activity, so you'll get different > plasmoids for each activity/desktop as well. Further, you can switch the > activity layout for each, perhaps choosing search and launch for desktop > 1, while sticking with either desktop or folderview layouts for the > others, for instance.
Thanks a lot, Duncan! I followed your advises, and it worked immediately. Now, I have a different background on each virtual desktop. Bye, Wolfgang ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
