Re: KDE4.2 & folder view widget

[Didier Lecardez <d.lecardez@gmail.com>]

On 07/07/2009 06:04 PM, Sebastian Weisgerber wrote:
> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > In<[🔎] 200907070923.17628.valerio.passini@unicam.it>, Valerio Passini wrote:
> > > Alle martedì 07 luglio 2009, Didier Lecardez ha scritto:
> > > > I'm using KDE 4.2 and I'm adding a "Folder View" widget in a panel. By
> > > > default the icon used  by this widget is represented by a 'home' icon.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to change this default icon, because I'll have many "Folder
> > > > view" to add and I'd like to differentiate them.
> > > I have looked into the options, but what do you mean when you say that you
> > > want to customize the icon representing the folder view? The widget
> > > itself appears as a window with items inside and there is no icon for it.
> > That is when you have it on your desktop.
> >
> > When it is on a panel, it is a single icon.  Clicking on it will give a pop-
> > up menu with the contents of that folder.

Yes. This is exactly  this single icon that I want to customize !!

> > I think it uses whatever icon the folder itself uses in Dolphin/DolphinPart.
> > I do not know how to change those, however.
>
> A possible solution is:
> Set a folder Icon in Dolphin or Konqueror via right-click->properties.
> Then add this folder via folder view to the Panel. Your new Icon is used.

Your solution works perfectly. Thanks for the suggestion.


> Hope I could help.


It made it !!
Thanks again.