Allow to choose which icons are displayed on the desktop

[Siegfried Gevatter]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

The "Interface" tab has some space left so it would be the ideal place to add
the option to choose which icons (computer, home directory, trash, network and
mounted volumes) should be displayed on the desktop. As far as I know this can
currently only be done through gconf or using 3th party applications.

This idea has been originally suggested on Ubuntu Brainstorm
(http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/12668/), and the person how suggested it has
provided a draft of how it could be look. You can find it here:
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs37/f/2008/242/0/e/Gnome_Desktop_Icons_by_cowboy77061.png

[Endolith (endolith)]

Appearance preferences is not the right place to choose which Desktop icons are visible. It has nothing to do with themes.

Maybe it should be more like the "Add to panel" tool, where you would right-click on the Desktop and select "Add icons to desktop"?

Then they could be removed by right-clicking and selecting "Remove from desktop", which is in the place where "Move to trash" would normally be.

[Przemek K. (azrael)]

What about Nautilus' preferences? Can it be put there?
Currently I have to use a 3rd party tool (Ubuntu Tweak) to change which icons appear on the desktop.