Wallpapers for Multiple Desktops in KDE4 openSUSE 11.1

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Hi, where I am it’s now the 18th December so I’ve got openSUSE 11.1 and have installed KDE4 Desktop. My question is how to get different wallpapers/backgrounds for the various multiple desktops (AKA the “pager” ?). I can change the background by doing R-click on a desktop → Desktop Settings → Wallpaper → Picture → and select a different background. But that changes all desktops. How do I make it different for different desktops as was available in KDE3?

Thanks
Swerdna

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I’m 11.0 with beta 4.2 kde4 and you still cannot do this mate. Sucks a bit doesn’t it.

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Well it will be a better D.E. than 3, so we wait on the bells and whistles a bit longer – no matter.

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KDE 4.1.3 is pretty good, but absenсe of this
feature prevents me from switching:
when all desktops have one wallpaper
I just can’t tell one from another.
Though, maybe it’s just a matter of habit.

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I used to have separate wall papers for each desktop (in kde3) but I stopped, when I realized my old PCs could not really afford the extra memory (and time to re-display the desktop) this took. By going back to 1 wall paper for all 4 desktops I had a very slight, but noticeable, speed improvement (on my old PCs).

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Has there been an update for this issue. I’m looking to try to have multiple backgrounds now as well.

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Nothing as of 4.2.3

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It’s only (easily) possible in KDE 4.3.

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Correct me if I’m not wrong but is it not possible to have one per workspace though? Ok not a desktop but if you had only one desktop per workspace then it would imitate it.

Though without the switching ability of the plasma widget, perhaps a little pointless, though if you used shortcuts to switch it would work.

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Okay my understanding now is that 4.2 would have the ablilty to use plasma scripts. So there would a way to do this.

The comment about 4.3, have you been able to try it?
If so does work well like KDE 3?

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I think 11.2 milestone2 comes with KDE-4.3beta version.

Apologies for the “spam” but we have a call for testers here: openSUSE-11.2 - CALL FOR TESTERS - openSUSE Forums

… and this is sort of relevant, as you could download the openSUSE-11.2 milestone2 live CD for KDE4.3 and test it yourself, … check to see if it has the features you like, and if not, write bug reports!!

WE NEED TESTERS !!

Also, if you have a spare PC or are happy with your grub boot manager knowledge (and have a couple spare partitions) then you could install 11.2 milestone2 on that, and test from there (as opposed to testing from the LiveCD).