Re: Re: kde4: restore deleted desktop containment

[Jeff Chimene <jchimene@gmail.com>]

On 12/23/-28158 12:59 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In<[🔎] loom.20090612T045157-681@post.gmane.org>, DZ wrote:
>    
> > Jeff Chimene<jchimene<at>  gmail.com>  writes:
> >      
> > > Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > >        
> > > > Jeff Chimene wrote:
> > > >          
> > > > > While futzing w/ KDE 4, I deleted the desktop containment. How do I
> > > > > restore the desktop containment? Google is not very revealing on this
> > > > > topic.
> > > > >            
> > > > What's do you mean by 'containment'?
> > > >          
> > > One would have to ask the KDE wizards. That's what it's called.
> > >        
> > Right-click in desktop area; choose Appearance Settings.
> > Then, under Desktop Activity ->  Type ->  Desktop.
> > Next, right-click on desktop area again; choose Add Widgets.
> > Add Folder View.
> > In the newly appeared Folder Area,
> > right-click Under Folder View Settings,
> > choose Show the Desktop folder
> >      
>
> If these steps work for you, then you aren't talking about a "containment".
> You are talking about a "widget" or a "plasmoid".
>    

Boyd,

Do you run KDE 4?

If you do, then please follow these oh-so-easy steps:

   1. Right mouseclick on the desktop
   2. Select "Appearance Settings"
   3. Select the "Type" drop-down menu in the "Desktop Activity" group
   4. Note the captions for each of the two selections
   5. Post the caption for "Desktop" Better yet, grab a screenshot at
   step 4 and post it to the list

Did you answer the original question when I posted it a few weeks ago? 
Sure you did! I knew you could!

Thanks again to the kind person who finally answered the question.

To you, Boyd, thanks for being the typical Debianite