User discretion advised when unselecting the "show desktop icons" checkbox in Desktop->Desktop Icon Settings

Bug #769841 reported by SB
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu Tweak
Fix Released
Low
Ding Zhou

Bug Description

I recently experienced the following "bug" http://askubuntu.com/questions/36512/right-clicking-on-the-unity-desktop-does-nothing-ideas which was resolved thanks to the kind support of the Ask Ubuntu community.
In short, I was surprised that I could not right click on my desktop to change the wallpaper, and it turned out that this was because I unselected the "show desktop icons" chekcbox in Ubuntu tweak.
I suggest that the user is notified that once he unselects this checkbox his desktop is no longer "clickable". This can be resolved by simply adding a italicized line below the checkbox stating:
"Note: unchecking the above checkbox will also prevent you from right clicking on your desktop"

Revision history for this message
SB (sonny-benshimon) wrote :
Ding Zhou (tualatrix)
Changed in ubuntu-tweak:
status: New → Confirmed
milestone: none → 0.6.0
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → Tualatrix Chou (tualatrix)
Revision history for this message
onesandzeroes (marius-mather) wrote :

I was also tripped up by this. In 12.04, disabling this option means that you don't get your bookmarks in the Home Folder quicklist unless you open a Nautilus window, and switching windows becomes a bit odd because you can't minimise all windows and show the desktop properly. The quicklist is a very useful feature, and it's confusing when it disappears.

Ding Zhou (tualatrix)
Changed in ubuntu-tweak:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
milestone: 0.6.0 → 0.7.0
Ding Zhou (tualatrix)
Changed in ubuntu-tweak:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Ding Zhou (tualatrix)
Changed in ubuntu-tweak:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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