SUMMARY *** Desktop symlink icons have italicized names by default. While this may be useful for identifying symlinks, it creates an inconsistent desktop feel when users have combinations of symlinks and files in the desktop folder. This can be changed by editing the following file: /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/FolderItemDelegate.qml and commenting out the line that contains this text: font.italic: model.isLink I am requesting a setting in fonts to un-italicize desktop symlinks so users do not have to modify a system file contained within a long path of folders. *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Add a program to desktop through Application Launcher OBSERVED RESULT Symlink has italicized name text DESIRED RESULT Symlink may have italicized or non-italicized name text depending on settings. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 35 KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Pretty please?
Whether it's consistent or inconsistent depends on your definition of consistency. :) In general, the definition we use is that similar things should look similar, and different things should look different. In this case, the italicized text is used for items that really are different: they're symlinks, not real items. So I don't think that inconsistency is a valid reason to change this. Are there any other reasons why you would want this changed?
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