Bug 482699

Summary:	Desktop Folder Settings: It's too easy to remove the ability to open the context menu - when it's gone, it's no longer possible to open the settings
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	postix <postix>
Component:	Containment	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	cwo.kde, hein, nate, notmart
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	5.27.10
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482691
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Description postix 2024-03-07 12:08:14 UTC

SUMMARY

Right-click on the desktop -> Configure Desktop and Wallpaper -> Mouse Actions -> Remove the Right Click to open Context Menu action

With the context menu gone, it's no longer possible to open the Plasma Desktop Applet to re-add this rule. At least I have not found any option. 

The user has to modify `~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc` first.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed / Fedora 39
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.10
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-03-07 20:35:21 UTC

Is it really too easy? That's four steps, and the thing is really quite buried.

...And yet, it still happens. :) So yeah, We should put up a big honkin' warning.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2024-07-26 04:46:43 UTC

It's actually possible to get here through the Edit Mode toolbar even if the menu item has been removed from the context menu. So removing it is not *that* big of a deal. But we should probably still warn users about the consequences so it's in the back of their mind.

Comment 3 cwo 2025-03-26 21:56:36 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> It's actually possible to get here through the Edit Mode toolbar even if the
> menu item has been removed from the context menu. 

Now that we removed that entry from edit mode with https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2695, there are fewer fallback ways to get it back - I happened to get into this situation while testing, and had to futz around with appletsrc.