Nautilus Show Desktop gconf key doesn't restore icons

[George Farris]

The Nautilus gconf key /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop hides all the icons on the desktop but does not restore them when toggled back on. This I consider a hundred paper cut bug. This way we can assign a key shortcut to hide or show the desktop.

[David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount)]

This is a valid bug, but it does not affect most users' experience of Ubuntu, as there is no prominent user-level feature utilizing this key.

[Karol Szkudlarek (karol-mikronika)]

Currently I noticed that my icons and contents of ~/Desktop directory is not visible on desktop, flag

/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop is enabled. How can I my icons back on desktop???:)

[Karol Szkudlarek (karol-mikronika)]

My system is production release 10.04 LTS of ubuntu. I think that such existing bugs and no simple solution to resolving it its completly destroys view of ubuntu are operating system for newbies like a good alternative to Windows.

[Marcus Haslam (marcus-haslam)]

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 17 Apr 2011, at 17:24, Karol Szkudlarek <email address hidden>
wrote:

> My system is production release 10.04 LTS of ubuntu. I think that such
> existing bugs and no simple solution to resolving it its completly
> destroys view of ubuntu are operating system for newbies like a  good
> alternative to Windows.
>
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> Title:
>  Nautilus Show Desktop gconf key doesn't restore icons
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Invalid
> Status in Nautilus:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  The Nautilus gconf key  /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop hides
>  all the icons on the desktop but does not restore them when toggled
>  back on.  This I consider a hundred paper cut bug.  This way we can
>  assign a key shortcut to hide or show the desktop.

[Marcus Haslam (marcus-haslam)]

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 17 Apr 2011, at 17:19, Karol Szkudlarek <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Currently I noticed that my icons and contents of ~/Desktop
> directory is
> not visible on desktop, flag
>
> /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop is enabled. How can I my icons
> back on desktop???:)
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of
> Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/387994
>
> Title:
>  Nautilus Show Desktop gconf key doesn't restore icons
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Invalid
> Status in Nautilus:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  The Nautilus gconf key  /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop hides
>  all the icons on the desktop but does not restore them when toggled
>  back on.  This I consider a hundred paper cut bug.  This way we can
>  assign a key shortcut to hide or show the desktop.