Bug 185051 - desktop background slideshow: add option to display images randomly or ordered.
Summary: desktop background slideshow: add option to display images randomly or ordered.
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: plasma4
Classification: Plasma
Component: desktop (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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: 201922 232517 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2009-02-20 19:31 UTC by Sven Oostenbrink
Modified: 2018-06-08 19:58 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Sven Oostenbrink 2009-02-20 19:31:14 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I have a directory with some 2000 background images. I have the desktop background configured as slideshow so that it will show another background every minute. The problem is that the slideshow always shows the images in the same order. This way, I always see the first 600 images, but never the other 1400 because by then I shut down my laptop. There should be a checkbox "Randomize images" or something like that to show the backgrounds at random
Comment 1 FiNeX 2009-07-29 23:18:39 UTC 
*** Bug 201922 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 FiNeX 2009-07-29 23:19:26 UTC 
This report is the opposite of bug #201922.

Currently wallpapers are in random order. There isn't any option.
Comment 3 Jeffrey 2009-07-29 23:23:38 UTC 
Perhaps the 'random order' is a poorly-configured randomizer?  My car CD Player does 'random' but it is _always_ a doubling of the previous track number, so I always hear tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16.  Perhaps that is the reason the initial reporter is always seeing the same images?
Comment 4 Gregor Tätzner 2011-11-24 15:45:10 UTC 
*** Bug 232517 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 John Miller 2011-11-24 16:44:12 UTC 
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 6 dale 2014-03-09 14:27:47 UTC 
It's been a while.  Any progress on changing this?  I have photos set up for slideshows and this is just ruining the whole effort put into it.
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 19:58:43 UTC 
Hello!

This feature request was filed for KDE Plasma 4, which reached end-of-support status in August 2015. KDE Plasma 5's desktop shell has been almost completely rewritten for better performance and usability, so it is likely that this feature request is already implemented in Plasma 5, or is no longer applicable.

Accordingly, we hope you understand why we must close this feature request. If the requested feature is still desired but not implemented in KDE Plasma 5.12 or later, please feel free to open a new ticket in the "plasmashell" product after reading https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting

If you would like to get involved in KDE's bug triaging effort so that future mass bug closes like this are less likely, please read https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved#Bug_Triaging

Thanks for your understanding!

Nate Graham