Desktop Icons Don't Appear Thread last updated on 2008-09-23 09:14:50

Posted by member 414062 on 2008-09-22 15:08:42

I'm using the Go!3 theme, but all of the themes by Ashtefere have this same issue for me: no desktop icons.

How can I show my desktop icons? Also, with other themes that do show them, I still can't draw a selection box around them. Is there a way to enable that and/or auto-arranging of icons...?

Thanks,
Walt

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Posted by member 1 on 2008-09-22 15:11:40 link

1) It is probably a setting you need to enable within the theme. Try checking the Theme Popup to see if you can turn it on.

2) I am pretty sure that none of the desktop icon modules support this. I know that Clickonic was the first to support dragging of icons around but I don't think it has the box selection feature. You can use Shift and Ctrl to select icons though.

Posted by member 414062 on 2008-09-22 15:15:45 link

What's the theme popup...?

Posted by member 1 on 2008-09-22 16:58:20 link

It is either Shift + Left Click or Ctrl + Left Click on the desktop. I can't remember which it is as I never use the stupid thing anymore. It is covered in the OTS2 specification documentation.

Posted by member 414062 on 2008-09-22 19:09:46 link

That doesn't do anything on my system.

Posted by member 1 on 2008-09-22 21:29:32 link

It is possible that he doesn't have that as an option on his published themes. *Goes to install theme* Wait a minute. You are talking about this theme here that has no desktop icons right?

Posted by member 414062 on 2008-09-22 22:07:17 link

Yes, that's the one. Why...? I'm sorry, I'm *really* new to LiteStep -- so if the theme doesn't have icons there's no way to get them...?

Posted by member 212670 on 2008-09-23 06:01:28 link

Open the theme.rc file and add in the following:
*NetloadModule clickonic-1.1.2
*Clickonic DeskIcons

Recycle Litestep. Find the help file in \litestep\modules\etc so you can customize your settings.

Posted by member 414062 on 2008-09-23 09:14:50 link

Thank you! The icon manager kind of sucks, but that's still a big help!

Walt

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