GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 687368
Can select background only from XDG_PICTURES_DIR
Last modified: 2012-12-04 18:30:03 UTC
Hello! In GNOME 3.6 it is possible to change the background via "System Settings -> Backgrounds". During 3.6 development the feature to add a pictures as background via the File-Open-Dialog was removed (also ZOOM, TILE, CENTER...). Instead the tile "Pictures" only offer pictures from the XDG_PICTURE_DIR. Rationale: a) We can't be sure that this directory exists (other name, other purpose, user doesn't use a "Pictures" but more UNIX like "pictures" and so on...). b) Background could be stored at any other location and provided from there c) Background is anyway copied to other location (don't no where, but its copied) Blindly relying on XDG_DIRS is always wrong. This is, again, the removal of a basic major feature in GNOME. Also the possibility to ZOOM,TILE,SPAN the picture is missing in 3.6. Please keep in mind: The removal of basic feature is the most critizied problem of the GNOME 3.x series. Known workaround: Using EOG or any other application which is able to set the background.
You can add single background images once bug 689351 is fixed, and the duplicate, bug 682126, is about loading the directory recursively. (In reply to comment #0) > Rationale: > a) We can't be sure that this directory exists (other name, other purpose, user > doesn't use a "Pictures" but more UNIX like "pictures" and so on...). Then the system is busted, as xdg-users-dirs-gtk-update is run at the start of the session, and ensures that those directories are created. You can even rename them if you want. > b) Background could be stored at any other location and provided from there > c) Background is anyway copied to other location (don't no where, but its > copied) Both of those can be worked-around by dnd'ing a picture, or using the source application (web browser, photos application) to set the background. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 682126 ***
I delete these folders. Why? I don't use them. XDG seems to fallback on the home directory, which is better than nothing but still wrong. DnD is nice. I will test that. But the UI dosen't indicat this possibility in any why. Would be a nice improval if the UI clears says, that DnD is possible! Should I open a another bug for this?
why -> should be -> way