[SOLVED] Create desktop shortcut

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[SOLVED] Create desktop shortcut

#1 Post by Klaas Vaak »

Is it possible to create a desktop shortcut to e.g. Firefox? If so, how can I do that?
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Re: Create desktop shortcut

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Go to /usr/share/applications and drag the firefox.desktop file to the desktop/pinboard.
Right click on that link to rename, change icon etc
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Re: Create desktop shortcut

#3 Post by dolphin_oracle »

video on the same subject. this applies if you are using the default antiX environment.

https://youtu.be/x0btdyJtR8o?t=805
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Re: Create desktop shortcut

#4 Post by Klaas Vaak »

anticapitalista wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:32 am Go to /usr/share/applications and drag the firefox.desktop file to the desktop/pinboard.
Right click on that link to rename, change icon etc
Thanks a lot for that. Marked as [SOLVED]
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Re: Create desktop shortcut

#5 Post by Klaas Vaak »

dolphin_oracle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:33 am video on the same subject. this applies if you are using the default antiX environment.

https://youtu.be/x0btdyJtR8o?t=805
Thanks for this extra help :smile:
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Re: Create desktop shortcut

#6 Post by Klaas Vaak »

anticapitalista wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:32 am Go to /usr/share/applications and drag the firefox.desktop file to the desktop/pinboard.
Right click on that link to rename, change icon etc
That worked fine. Then I changed windows manager (trying to solve another issue), the desktop icon was gone, so I tried to do the same but now it is rejected: permission denied.
This whole permission business drives me up the wall. I know it is "for my own good", but in many cases it is overdone nonsense.
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Re: Create desktop shortcut

#7 Post by caprea »

What confuses you, I think, are the maybe 12 in number, different possibilities of a so called desktop in antiX.(and they all have different options)

If you want to use the above shortcut-trick in antiX you have to chose one with rox, because it will only work with rox-filer.
eg
Rox-icwm
Rox-fluxbox
Rox-jwm

Simply fluxbox for example will not offer desktop shortcuts.

My tip would be for someone who is new to antiX, stick with one desktop , maybe the default(rox-icewm), which maybe is the easiest to handle, until you have gotten to know it very well, and then look first at what the others have to offer.

In conky under date and uptime, there is shown on which desktop you are right now. I can confirm the inxi-error, inxi always shows the one from bootup, if you change desktop during session.
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Re: Create desktop shortcut

#8 Post by Klaas Vaak »

Caprea, once again, I am grateful for your help. I took your advice and changed to rox-icewm, and guess what .... my firefox icon was back :clap: That means I was on rox-icewm at the start.
Anyhow, I will not be making frequent changes because I just want a stable set-up that is minimalist.
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