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Bug 350021 - All mounts should have "Show/hide on desktop"
All mounts should have "Show/hide on desktop"
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.22.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 522920 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-08-05 06:16 UTC by Brian Kerrick Nickel
Modified: 2018-01-02 18:51 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22


Description Brian Kerrick Nickel 2006-08-05 06:16:42 UTC 
Currently, Nautilus shows mounted items from "Computer" on the desktop regardless of purpose. This means an unreadable Windows XP partition and a dozen network shares can litter the desktop and the desktop. It would be nice if all items in "Computer" could be shown or hidden on the desktop. Maybe with drag-and-drop (drag from Computer to Desktop == show, drag from Desktop to Computer == hide) or through a context menu.

Also, the devices visible on the desktop could have priority in the File Chooser Dialog, with non-desktop items placed in a "More..." sub-tree.

Other information:
Comment 1 André Klapper 2009-10-26 21:46:37 UTC 
*** Bug 522920 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 António Fernandes 2018-01-02 18:51:19 UTC 
Starting with version 3.28, nautilus will not handle the "files on desktop background" feature. For better alternatives, read this blog post https://csorianognome.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/nautilus-desktop-plans/