Bug 251284 - background of text of desktop icons cant be specified
Summary: background of text of desktop icons cant be specified
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widget (show other bugs)
Version: 5.12.5
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Eike Hein
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Reported: 2010-09-15 10:53 UTC by Christoph Thielecke
Modified: 2019-11-05 17:55 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Desktop with icons with background color at text and kde3 settings dialog (340.45 KB, image/png)
2010-09-16 13:07 UTC, Christoph Thielecke
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Description Christoph Thielecke 2010-09-15 10:53:01 UTC
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.1) 
OS:                Linux

Its not possible to enable a colorized background for the text below the desktop icons. This is nessary if the user has a background picture with different colors. Then the text can become unreadable.
It should be possible to enable a color background of the text (instead transparent) and to specify a color for it.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Beat Wolf 2010-09-16 12:47:27 UTC
isn't there a shadow effect that can be activated?
Comment 2 Christoph Thielecke 2010-09-16 13:07:47 UTC
Created attachment 51714 [details]
Desktop with icons with background color at text and kde3 settings dialog
Comment 3 Christoph Thielecke 2010-09-16 13:08:16 UTC
There is the possibility to add a shadow to the text. But that is not what I want. I want to specify a background for the text. The example picture below.
Comment 4 Beat Wolf 2010-09-16 13:09:52 UTC
i see. this is not a bug, but a wishlist item. thank you
Comment 5 Christoph Thielecke 2010-09-16 13:21:30 UTC
Theoreticlly its a wish but I guess a bug because the text can become unreadable and the user chant change it. That was the reason why I classify as bug.
Comment 6 Aaron J. Seigo 2010-09-16 18:41:09 UTC
Beat has classified it correctly.
Comment 7 Janet 2010-12-05 13:02:46 UTC
Excuse me, where can I de/activate the shadow around the text of the desktop elements? I have searched in the desktop settings in the desktop contextmenu and in systemsettings in the Look & Feel sections but cannot find it. I only can find it for the folderview (and even there it is not possible to set the color for the shadow).
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 20:17:36 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
Comment 9 Christoph Thielecke 2018-06-09 14:51:59 UTC
This is still valid with plasmashell.
Comment 10 Nate Graham 2019-11-05 17:55:10 UTC
I'm afraid this is by design. We use a shadow to ensure text contrast rather than a contrasting colored background. If you believe this is sub-par, I would encourage you to get involved with the design team: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/design.