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Bug 782334 - Ability to set the wallpaper folder
Ability to set the wallpaper folder
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 682126
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Other Preferences
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-05-08 14:51 UTC by groucho
Modified: 2017-08-15 15:51 UTC
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Description groucho 2017-05-08 14:51:38 UTC 
Hello,
g-c-c is looking for backgrounds in the Pictures folder.

But I usually store them in a subfolder (just like Nautilus does with Pictures/Wallpapers) and the images I store in Pictures/ are not always wallpapers.

Would it be possible to change the hard-coded path into a gsettings value (and perhaps add an option in gnome-tweak-tools) ?
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2017-05-08 17:38:07 UTC 
I'm not sure what you are asking for exactly. As far as gnome-shell is concerned, there is no such thing as a picture folder - we expect the 'picture-uri' setting to contain an absolute URI to the selected wallpaper. In other words: Any image anywhere in the filesystem is fine as far as we are concerned, it's just the UI that only shows images from a selected number of folders.
Comment 2 groucho 2017-05-08 18:10:37 UTC 
Sorry if it wasn't clear. Maybe I have filed the report in the wrong section.

I am indeed talking about the UI.
The middle tab shows pictures from ~/Pictures/ (and ~/.cache/gnome-control-center-Backgrounds) and I would like to be able to change ~/Pictures/ to something else (e.g. ~/Pictures/Wallpapers).

If I recall correctly, I was able to do that some years ago (maybe gnome 2 ?).
Comment 3 Florian Müllner 2017-05-08 18:28:52 UTC 
(In reply to groucho from comment #2)
> Sorry if it wasn't clear. Maybe I have filed the report in the wrong section.

Indeed, gnome-shell isn't involved at all here.
Comment 4 Florian Müllner 2017-05-08 18:32:05 UTC 
Possible dupe: bug 767109.
Comment 5 groucho 2017-05-08 20:12:30 UTC 
It is indeed what I was asking for.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 767109 ***
Comment 6 Debarshi Ray 2017-08-15 15:51:05 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 682126 ***