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Bug 647845 - Right click on desktop to change desktop background
Right click on desktop to change desktop background
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 661998
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
: 648094 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-04-15 09:04 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2011-12-07 20:54 UTC
See Also:
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Description Allan Day 2011-04-15 09:04:10 UTC
Users expect to be able to right click on the desktop in order to change their desktop background (ie. wallpaper). They certainly did when I did user testing on the shell with friends and family.

The shell should provide a context menu for the desktop which includes an option to open the system settings background panel.
Comment 1 Dan Winship 2011-04-18 13:13:02 UTC
*** Bug 648094 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 David Prieto 2011-04-24 02:08:43 UTC
It certainly seems to be the most obvious way to change the wallpaper. On the other hand, showing a menu with only one option might look a bit weird.
Comment 3 Alexander Larsson 2011-05-03 07:40:14 UTC
The menu could also contain a shortcut to the "Displays" control center pane, as this is how windows users normally get to the equivalent dialog.
Comment 4 Allan Day 2011-10-17 15:16:31 UTC
Florian has a patch against gsd for this. Marking this as a duplicate of his bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 661998 ***
Comment 5 fuckyou@zippymail.info (Access blocked) 2011-12-07 20:54:16 UTC
This hasn't made it to Debian. I'm in the process of installing KDE right now. GNOME 3 is an abject failure.