[Wishlist] Option to remove trash and home folders from desktop

[joreporter]

Feature proposal: Why do I need to type a command if I want to remove the trash and/or the home folder(s) from the desktop? There should be an option in the Appearance tab:

The new interface:
_________________________________________________
| Window colors |
| _________________________________________ |
| [ | | ] |
| [ | | ] |
| [ | | ] |
| [ | | ] |
| [ Light | Standard | Dark ] |
| |
| Dock |
| ________________________________________ |
| Auto-hide the dock [x] |
| Icon size [===------] |
| Position on screen [Left] |
| |
| Desktop |
| ________________________________________ |
| Show trash folder [x] |
| Show home folder [x] |
| |
| |
| |
|________________________________________________|

I did it with this text editor. You should be able to do it faster than me.
I want the feature now!

[joreporter (joreporter)]

Click the edit button to see what I draw :D

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

You don't need to run a command. It can be managed from Extensions -> Desktop icons in Tweaks.

[joreporter (joreporter)]

Two settings app to configure my system... Which one do I open and when?
After spending 10min in one app I should spend 10 other minutes in the other to then spend 30 other mins in the web to the install dconf... I feel like settings app need an update... Don't you think so?

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

TBH I have no firm opinion on the trade off between Settings and Tweaks (the latter not installed by default in Ubuntu). Just wanted to mention that you don't necessarily need to use terminal commands to do it.

[joreporter (joreporter)]

Okay, so thanks to mention that :D

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

@joreporter: Since this proposal is upstream in nature, I would suggest that you also submit an upstream issue:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/issues

If you do, please show the address to the upstream issue in a comment here.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

@Gunnar, it's not likely that upstream are going to want to provide a such option since they don't have icons on the desktop, that's an extension which Uubntu uses by default

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Ah, my mistake. Then please disregard comment #6.

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

They are not shown anymore by default in the desktop, as we already have the dock for that.

I feel we could add an option not to show them in the dock in case (as per LP: #1846205), but not to move them back to the desktop IMHO.
There's still dconf-editor for that.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

@Marco: To me it looks like the Home folder is still shown on the desktop by default, while the Trash folder is hidden via an ubuntu-settings override.

No need for dconf-editor. Just right click the desktop, select Desktop Icons Settings, and show/hide stuff to your liking.