Tim, All,
The current default for konqueror file manager "View->Background" is a KDE logo background. I always have to end up changing the setting to just "color" to enable the alternate-row highlight that makes looking at files in detail or tree view much easier.
Two issues: (1) the default background images needs to be adjusted to TDE; and (2) why enable the background image by default anyway?? It kills alternate-row highlight. Just food for default thoughts :)
The current default for konqueror file manager "View->Background" is a KDE logo background. I always have to end up changing the setting to just "color" to enable the alternate-row highlight that makes looking at files in detail or tree view much easier.
Two issues: (1) the default background images needs to be adjusted to TDE; and (2) why enable the background image by default anyway?? It kills alternate-row highlight. Just food for default thoughts :)
Two of the pics are KDE-centric: bluemorning.png and kde4ever.png. The latter is the default. Unless a somebody quickly updates those two images, let's delete both from the sources.
In the sources those images are stored at tdebase/konqueror/pics/tiles. When installed they are stored at $PREFIX/share/apps/konqueror/tiles.
Several theme configurations need to be edited if we change the default:
tdebase/kcontrol/krdb/themes/KDE_Classic/KDE_Classic.xml tdebase/kcontrol/krdb/themes/Redmond/Redmond.xml tdebase/kcontrol/krdb/themes/Keramik/Keramik.xml tdebase/kcontrol/krdb/themes/Plastik/Plastik.xml tdebase/kcontrol/krdb/themes/Sunshine/Sunshine.xml tdebase/kcontrol/krdb/themes/Platinum/Platinum.xml
The kde4ever.png image is hard-coded as the default in kpersonalizer: tdebase/kpersonalizer/keyecandypage.cpp.
Changing the default background to something not KDE-centric is a straightforward search-and-replace in the sources. I vote for changing the default background image to noise.png, which seems to be the least "noisy" for those not introducing branding issues.
Disabling the image as background in konqueror as the default is not so straightforward. Whether a background image is displayed is a function of kpersonalizer and depends upon how much eye candy the new user selects. Use the kpersonalizer Show Details option rather than the slider to modify that one setting (File Manager Background Picture) for a new profile.
The image and color settings are stored in konquerorrc [Settings] BgColor and BgImage.
Even when setting a personal default while building tdebase, new users playing with kpersonalizer will override that default. We can change the default and we can do something about those two branded images.
Darrell
On 03/09/2012 12:55 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
Even when setting a personal default while building tdebase, new users playing with kpersonalizer will override that default. We can change the default and we can do something about those two branded images.
Darrell
Much more involved that I fathomed - Noise.jpg does seem the less noisy route :)
Even when setting a personal default while building
tdebase, new users playing with kpersonalizer will override that default. We can change the default and we can do something about those two branded images.
Much more involved that I fathomed - Noise.jpg does seem the less noisy route :)
Tim,
To avoid Yet Another Branding issue, I can change the default background image and push the patch (after pulling!).
Sound okay?
Second, do we want to revamp those two branded background images (need graphics person) or delete them?
Darrell
To avoid Yet Another Branding issue, I can change the default background image and push the patch (after pulling!).
The default background image changed to noise.png in GIT hash dc60162d6a68fac0f7f5eb381f40e0c878072673.
Second, do we want to revamp those two branded background images (need graphics person) or delete them?
I did not delete those two images.
Darrell
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