OK, so my Folder View widget defaults to home folder . . .
but I can change that with the Folder View settings to make the Desktop Folder - or any other folder for that matter -
the plasma workspace on all multiple desktops -
all very cool compared to the MS Windows "traditional" desktop.

My desktop folder will get pretty full with all my folders and files . . .
so it is definitely nicer that this plasma view is smaller . . . about one-quarter of the desktop and it can be moved around.

But . . .
Is there a way to make this plasma folder "widget" even a smaller size overall on the desktop . . .
as I'll scroll to get at all the files in it anyway.

I have only seen an icon size change bar . . . so far.

Thank you very much.

jenaniston wrote:Is there a way to make this plasma folder "widget" even a smaller size overall on the desktop . . .
as I'll scroll to get at all the files in it anyway.

I have only seen an icon size change bar . . . so far.

Icon size change bar? Do you mean the bar that pops up on the side of the widget if you hover the pointer over the widget (when widgets are unlocked)? If so, the top square can be used to resize the widget.

And if you use that to make the folderview smaller, once you can only see part of the folder's content you will get a scrollbar to access the rest. I keep two folderviews on my desktop, and since I can't spare too much space, each one displays a single column of four folders. I scroll for anything else.

Kryten2X4B wrote:
. . .Icon size change bar? . . .

Sorry, my bad for the confusion but I had tried to be brief.
I had went into the config "wrench" (third choice from top) at the side of the Plasma Folder . . .
. . . and got something like below - with the icon size bar.

________________________________________________________________________

Folder View Settings

Display
Label |_______________________|

Icon Settings

Icon size
Small ----------------------|_|------------Large

________________________________________________________________________

Kryten2X4B wrote:. . . the top square can be used to resize the widget.

annew wrote:. . . you use that to make the folderview smaller . . .

How - exactly ?
That top square doesn't seem to do anything much
with either a left- or right-click.

Kryten2X4B wrote:. . . the top square can be used to resize . . .

OK . . .
I got it now . . .
. . . left-click and drag to change size.

Marking as solved and giving karma . . .

Thanks again !

I was wondering what that icon was for.... Thanks for the help