Desktop Mode (icons on the desktop)

[WatchMkr]

• [x] Enable in cosmic-session
• [x] Use a new floating window for show details
• [x] Correct open with UX
• [x] Disable these actions, both in context menu and key binding
  • Add to sidebar
  • History previous/next
  • Location up
  • Search activate
  • Settings
  • Tab close
  • Tab new
  • Tab previous/next
  • Window close
  • Open in new tab
• [x] Add context menu options for settings as designed
• [x] Add context menu icon configuration
• [ ] Fix context menu options for drives and trash
• [ ] Persisent manual placement of items
• [ ] TODO: MORE ITEMS

[iamkartiknayak]

This is exciting!

[senntore]

Can it be made optional? I don't mind it being enabled by default but I prefer clean desktop if possible.

[jackpot51]

@senntore We are going to add some settings which will allow you to hide desktop icons. I am curious though, why would you have contents in the Desktop folder if you don't want them shown on the desktop?

[iamkartiknayak]

We are going to add some settings which will allow you to hide desktop icons.

Context menu option to toggle desktop icons like Windows 11 can work.

[jackpot51]

COSMIC design:

[jackpot51]

There will probably be some more options in there later.

[senntore]

@senntore We are going to add some settings which will allow you to hide desktop icons. I am curious though, why would you have contents in the Desktop folder if you don't want them shown on the desktop?

That's great! I don't usually have files there but sometimes desktop files for steam games are added there, probably because I forget to uncheck the option when installing them. I have the desktop icons extension disabled in Pop OS 22.04, so I didn't gave it much attention at the time. But yes, it's not as big of an issue.

[keilmillerjr]

Desktop icons as well as the ridiculously organized start menu are the most hated things of M$oft Windows for people with OCD. Many arch packages as well as steam install .desktop files. I do not use Linux for it to be like Windows. Thank you for making it optional. Configuration with ease is an amazing approach Cosmic has been taking.

[DKnoto]

For me, desktop icons and activators are one of the most important features. I keep system applications on the dock and activators for non-system applications on the desktop. I hope that in Cosmic this will not work as poorly as in Gnome + DING. And there will be freedom of choice and not compulsion as in Gnome.