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A cool desktop panel for KDE Plasma 5
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Add Folders To Ksmooth Dock #105

Closed 2635599 closed 4 years ago

2635599 commented 4 years ago

just downloaded 6.0 to give it a run, and i'm loving the ease of use. how ever i want to place shortcuts for a few folders including the desktop to it. is this possible. thanks

dangvd commented 4 years ago

Hi,

Thank you!

As for shortcuts to folders, you can already do that. Right click on any program icon and select Edit Launchers. Then create a new launcher and set the appropriate command, for example: dolphin Documents for a shortcut to Documents folder.

Best, Viet

2635599 commented 4 years ago

just followed your example above and get a error. i added a launcher, in the command box i entered "dolphin Documents" without the quotes and got "could not run command". this kind of stuff is exactly why i gave up on the various docks for linux cause where folders are concerned they typically are lacking, or certain icons that are on the you can't remove, and went to using a blank panel cause i could get exactly what i wanted. that said i'm running kubuntu 19.10 64 bit. cirrently i have shortcuts for my browsers and everything else removed from skmooth. what i want to add is desktop, and a few folders/subfolders from my various other divers and partitions. thanks

dangvd commented 4 years ago

Did you click "Update" button after you entered the command?

2635599 commented 4 years ago

yes: what i'm doing. rightclick dock edit launchers click add name wanted under command: /home/gravedigger/Desktop/ click update click apply click on ok click on new icon and get: could not run command: /home/gravedigger/Desktop/

dangvd commented 4 years ago

The command should be: dolphin /home/gravedigger/Desktop/

Basically, if a command works from a terminal (e.g. Konsole), it should work with KSmoothDock.

2635599 commented 4 years ago

ok got it. thanks a lot, much appreciated.

fyi liking the update. like the simple controls. didn't want or need a dock with tons of features. just something for browsers, email, and my 5 or 6 most used folders. ksmooth fits the bill PERFECTLY. thanks again in helping me figure this out.

2635599 commented 4 years ago

ok looks like we have a issue with path length. i've entered the two paths below. the top one works and is 52 characters and the second one is 54. i click on the icon for tv series and get "The file or folder /home/gravedigger/Graves/Television/TV does not exist.". if it's a issue with there being a space between TV and Series i'm not changing the folder name. i simply won't run the words together, cause the other folders i want to add are "Last Night's" and Last Episode" thoughts on a fix whichever the issue happens to be? thanks

dolphin /home/gravedigger/Graves/Downloads/Torrents/ dolphin /home/gravedigger/Graves/Television/TV Series/

https://i.imgur.com/TW5DSbS.png

dangvd commented 4 years ago

It's not an issue with path length, but with the space in the path. It's easy to fix though, just put double quotes around the path. So in this case the command should be: dolphin "/home/gravedigger/Graves/Television/TV Series/"

Cheers, Viet

2635599 commented 4 years ago

oh ok COOL, thanks for the fix and FAST response. out of curiosity will that work for other areas of the os? i ask cause i got told in the past not to use spaces cause i might run into this issue? thanks again.

dangvd commented 4 years ago

You're welcome!

Yeah this (putting double quotes around paths with spaces) is quite standard and should work for other areas of the OS (and on Windows or Mac OS X) as well.

2635599 commented 4 years ago

ok cool and once again thanks, you have yourself a good one.