Bug 513849

Summary: Allow creating a desktop shortcut for systemsetting entries from kickoff
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Antti Savolainen <antti.savo>
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: kdedev, mikel5764, nate, noahadvs
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Antti Savolainen 2025-12-26 18:40:17 UTC 
SUMMARY
Demonstrative video: https://youtu.be/aTZLDEX_r6o
Instead of creating a shortcut on the desktop, the action just creates a mass of directories. It would be nice for me to add this shortcut on the desktop for my less technical family members for ease of access. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Drag one of the systemsettings shortcuts to desktop

OBSERVED RESULT
All start menu categories get copied instead

EXPECTED RESULT
Same shortcut on the desktop

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.11.0
Kernel Version: 6.18.2-arch2-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-7600U CPU @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 24 GiB of RAM (23.2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 20HG0003SG
System Version: ThinkPad T470s
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-12-29 23:46:50 UTC 
In the video:
1. Type "printer" in the Application Launcher. The first result is Printers under System Settings
2. Drag the Printers icon from the menu to the desktop. In the pop-up choose "Copy Here"

I confirm this behavior. I also tried "Link here" but that created a link to "applications://kcm_printer_manager"
Which points to a folder, not the kcm

Unfortunately, this is the current expected behavior so it's not a bug. It's not intuitive and I agree it would be more user friendly to allow creating a link to the System Settings or the kcm directly. I'll change this to wishlist so it can be considered
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2026-01-08 19:25:43 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 500259 ***