Bug 482699 - Desktop Folder Settings: It's too easy to remove the ability to open the context menu - when it's gone, it's no longer possible to open the settings
Summary: Desktop Folder Settings: It's too easy to remove the ability to open the cont...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Containment (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.27.10
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2024-03-07 12:08 UTC by postix
Modified: 2025-03-26 21:56 UTC (History)
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Description postix 2024-03-07 12:08:14 UTC 
SUMMARY

Right-click on the desktop -> Configure Desktop and Wallpaper -> Mouse Actions -> Remove the Right Click to open Context Menu action

With the context menu gone, it's no longer possible to open the Plasma Desktop Applet to re-add this rule. At least I have not found any option. 

The user has to modify `~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc` first.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed / Fedora 39
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.10
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-03-07 20:35:21 UTC 
Is it really too easy? That's four steps, and the thing is really quite buried.

...And yet, it still happens. :) So yeah, We should put up a big honkin' warning.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2024-07-26 04:46:43 UTC 
It's actually possible to get here through the Edit Mode toolbar even if the menu item has been removed from the context menu. So removing it is not *that* big of a deal. But we should probably still warn users about the consequences so it's in the back of their mind.
Comment 3 cwo 2025-03-26 21:56:36 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> It's actually possible to get here through the Edit Mode toolbar even if the
> menu item has been removed from the context menu. 

Now that we removed that entry from edit mode with https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2695, there are fewer fallback ways to get it back - I happened to get into this situation while testing, and had to futz around with appletsrc.