No cashew in Plasma 5

cfr · 2015-02-09 01:26:05

The wiki on Plasma (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plasma) says

Having different wallpapers for each side of your cube
click on top right cashew - zoom out - (new screen, look at new menu top left) configure plasma - different activity for each desktop

However, I do not have a top right cashew. Nor do I have a cashew anywhere else. How can I 'zoom out' to find these options?

Or, how can I figure out what I did wrong/forgot to install/forgot to uninstall when moving from KDE 4 to Plasma 5?

I have a small, translucent menu below the panel at the top left of the screen. It offers me these options:
+ show dashboard
+ activities...
+ unlock widgets
+ desktop settings
+ leave

I've unlocked widgets and configured things and tried the various settings I've found, but no cashew and no zoom out or plasma settings.

Wu · 2015-02-09 08:40:19

The small translucent menu you describe is the cashew. The zooming interface was removed somewhere during the KDE 4 early days, to customize activities and virtual desktops you should look into systemsettings -> workspace -> virtual desktops and systemsettings -> workspace -> activities

cfr · 2015-02-09 22:51:35

Thanks. I was afraid that might be the answer. I take it the option to configure different background for different desktops has also been removed since there is no longer an option to use different widgets for different desktops?

[And I guess the wiki is misleading because I'd understood that page to concern Plasma 5 specifically but evidently that's not so at all.]

Wu · 2015-02-10 08:26:59

You can set different backgrounds for different activities. Click meta-q to access the activities explorer (or click activities in the cashew), add a new activity and customize it using the wrench icon.

In KDE 4 there was an option to pair each activity with a virtual desktop, so that switching desktops you were also switching activities, but I can't seem to find such an option anymore in Plasma 5.

Note also that I tried to add a new activity just for testing purposes and it froze Plasma, I don't know if it is a problem on my machine (I don't use activities) or a general Plasma 5 regression.

Good luck

Last edited by Wu (2015-02-10 12:30:52)

cfr · 2015-02-11 23:18:43

Wu wrote:

In KDE 4 there was an option to pair each activity with a virtual desktop, so that switching desktops you were also switching activities, but I can't seem to find such an option anymore in Plasma 5.

Yes. This is what I used on 4 and it seems to have disappeared.

This isn't my biggest problem right now but, in the end, it'll probably annoy me enough to push me to switch.

I've never understood activities. As far as possible, I try to pretend they don't exist. I don't get what they are *for*. (I've read stuff - I just don't get it.)

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#1 2015-02-09 01:26:05

No cashew in Plasma 5

#2 2015-02-09 08:40:19

Re: No cashew in Plasma 5

#3 2015-02-09 22:51:35

Re: No cashew in Plasma 5

#4 2015-02-10 08:26:59

Re: No cashew in Plasma 5

#5 2015-02-11 23:18:43

Re: No cashew in Plasma 5

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