How do you configure quick launch? The "add icon" command brings up a dialog box asking me to locate a .desktop file. Where would I find said file, and what would I do with it?

Thanks.

it is a plasmoid (widget), you use the add widgets dialog (start it by right clicking on the desktop or on the cashew)

google01103 wrote:it is a plasmoid (widget), you use the add widgets dialog (start it by right clicking on the desktop or on the cashew)

Thanks for the reply. I guess I wasn't clear, I have added, I want to add my own shortcuts to it. I right click on it, select "add icon" and I get a dialog box that is looking for a .desktop file. I don't know what a .desktop file is or how to use it to add a shortcut to the quick launch widget.

westcoaster wrote:

google01103 wrote:it is a plasmoid (widget), you use the add widgets dialog (start it by right clicking on the desktop or on the cashew)

Thanks for the reply. I guess I wasn't clear, I have added, I want to add my own shortcuts to it. I right click on it, select "add icon" and I get a dialog box that is looking for a .desktop file. I don't know what a .desktop file is or how to use it to add a shortcut to the quick launch widget.

You can drag and drop an application from Kickoff and it will be added. What is not configurable from GUI is the icon order - dragging them by mouse like in KDE3 doesn't work. But I believe it could be changed by changing *.desktop files order in $KDE_DIR/share/config/plasma* (Sorry I don't remember the filename where plasma applets are configured).

You can drag and drop an application from Kickoff and it will be added. What is not configurable from GUI is the icon order - dragging them by mouse like in KDE3 doesn't work. But I believe it could be changed by changing *.desktop files order in $KDE_DIR/share/config/plasma* (Sorry I don't remember the filename where plasma applets are configured).

Perfect, thanks! That's too easy.

I had a problem with quicklaunch config, the icons were missing and I found that the settings are those of the desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications/ . This is KDE4.3 on Kubuntu, AMD64.