SUMMARY Trying to change icon sizes in system settings doesn't actually change the icon sizes. Right-clicking on the desktop does. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. open "System Settings" 2. go to "Icons" 3. select "Configure Icon Sizes" 4. change the setting for "Desktop" 5. right-click on the desktop 6. select "Icons"->"Icon Size" and choose a different icon size OBSERVED RESULT - after step 4 all desktop icons still have the same size - after step 6 the desktop icons change the size immediately EXPECTED RESULT - setting "Configure Icon Sizes" has immediate effect SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon (neon-user-20201105-0946.iso) (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0 Qt Version: 5.15.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Yeah. That one can just be removed entirely.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/464
Git commit e12f76f54f9f135992132be867da435f1c328f21 by Nate Graham. Committed on 11/12/2020 at 21:08. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. [kcms/icons] Don't offer to set desktop icon size This is confusing since desktop icon sizes are set directly in the desktop containment config window, and changing the desktop icon size in this KCM has no visible effect at all. Let's not show it at all. FIXED-IN: 5.21 M +0 -1 kcms/icons/iconsizecategorymodel.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/e12f76f54f9f135992132be867da435f1c328f21