Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.7.3) OS: Linux When creating a shortcut in the desktop, for example, "firefox" i can define the command to run, the name and the description but the box for selecting icons is not clickable. i most press ok, and edit the newly created shortcut and select the icon. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: switch the desktop to 'folder view' (the one that has icons, right now i cannot test it with English language, so i am back translating). select "new" > "link to applicacion" *fill "application:command" and "application:description" and "general:name" now, it is not possible to select an icon because it is no clickable (the default gear is solid, like grayed out). Press accept, it creates the shortcut with the default icon. Right click the shortcut and select properties, now the default gear is clickable (it has a border now and can be clicked). Actual Results: shortcut must be created in one set. step one: create the shortcut with the default icon step two: edit it and assign the desired icon Expected Results: be able to create the shortcut in one step. kdebase.x86_64 6:4.7.3-1.fc16 @updates kdebase-libs.x86_64 6:4.7.3-1.fc16 @updates kdebase-runtime.x86_64 4.7.3-10.fc16 @updates kdebase-runtime-flags.noarch 4.7.3-10.fc16 @updates kdebase-runtime-libs.x86_64 4.7.3-10.fc16 @updates kdebase-workspace.x86_64 4.7.3-12.fc16 @updates kdebase-workspace-libs.x86_64 4.7.3-12.fc16 @updates
This is a problem in libkfile and/or libkio. KNewFileMenu in libkfile creates a KPropertiesDialog for the new link using a template .deskop file in a location on disk (it's in $KDEDIR/share/templates) that is usually unwritable. Since it can't be written to, KPropertiesDialog does not create a button with which to edit the icon. Either KPropertiesDialog needs to be more flexible in this regard, or KNewFileMenu needs to create a temporary copy of the template somewhere the user can edit it. This seems the saner approach to me. Either way, this is not a Plasma bug.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 251751 ***