Default KDE desktop shelf

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I was playing with the activities and I lost the default desktop shelf. I tried to make a new one, but it was in list format, rather then icon layout. I also found it would not update if I saved something to the desktop.

So how do I get back to the original shelf from install?

Thanks Bob

oS 12.3

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Is your old activity not there, when you click on the activity manager (the 3 points in the panel, next to the start menu)?

And what do you mean with “list format”? AFAIK the folderview plasmoid doesn’t support that. Could you maybe post a screenshot? (upload it to SUSE Paste and post a link)

To change the layout of the current activity, you could right-click on the desktop and choose “Settings”.
You may have to add the folderview plasmoid manually though (right-click on the desktop, choose “Add Widgets” and search for “folderview”).

Or quit plasma (“kquitapp plasma-desktop”), delete the plasma configuration file ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc and restart plasma (“plasma-desktop”). Then you should have back the default layout of a clean install.

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I used a shelf to try and replace it and it came up as a list.

Using your folderview method fixed it.

And not I did not want to start with a new desktop, I already have it customized.

Thanks

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I don’t know what a shelf is. So not at all sure what you were doing or running.

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Go to add widget and type shelf in the search box.

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“Shelf” is another plasmoid that comes with the lancelot launcher. It can also show a specific folder, but is more suited to the panel I think.