KDE file manager problem

[Snowhog]

I'll set the color on Active and see what happens.

Interestingly, when I launch konqueror 'normally', it presents 'as expected' except that the Places icons are not showing. When launched with kdesudo it's even worse. The image below shows koqueror (left) and kdesudo konqueror (right).

[kubicle]

Installed konqueror and then launched systemsettings5 with kdesudo and changed the color to red in All Icons > Default > Set Effect... > Colorize > Color. Exited System Settings and launched kdesudo konqueror. No change to any of the icons.

Did you fix the "icons not showing" issue first (by setting the correct KDE env keeps in sudoers, for example).

[vinnywright]

Installed konqueror and then launched systemsettings5 with kdesudo and changed the color to red in All Icons > Default > Set Effect... > Colorize > Color. Exited System Settings and launched kdesudo konqueror. No change to any of the icons.

I did the "active" as well

VINNY

[Snowhog]

You can add icon effects (including colorization) in systemsettings>icons>advanced-tab

Installed konqueror and then launched systemsettings5 with kdesudo and changed the color to red in All Icons > Default > Set Effect... > Colorize > Color. Exited System Settings and launched kdesudo konqueror. No change to any of the icons.

[vinnywright]

I know how to do that, but in Vinny's screen shot, all icons; folders, file icons, active Menu bar icons; are all red. That's what I want to know 'how did he do it'.

use "kdesudo systemsettings5" go to the icons and set a color.

VINNY

[kubicle]

I know how to do that, but in Vinny's screen shot, all icons; folders, file icons, active Menu bar icons; are all red. That's what I want to know 'how did he do it'.

You can add icon effects (including colorization) in systemsettings>icons>advanced-tab

[Snowhog]

I know how to do that, but in Vinny's screen shot, all icons; folders, file icons, active Menu bar icons; are all red. That's what I want to know 'how did he do it'.

[GreyGeek]

Right mouse on a directory icon, select properties, left click on the folder icon and choose another color!

[Snowhog]

How did you make the change that has all the icons showing as red when you launch Konqueror (in this case) 'as root'?

[vinnywright]

O ,,,,,, and by the way ,,,,, you can still launch Konqueror as root as well and is a bit closer to Dolphin than Krusader





VINNY

[oshunluvr]

You don't (didn't) really need to run a full desktop as root, you only need to run system settings

I was a little less experienced back then...

That was 7-8 years ago! How time flies.

[vinnywright]

You don't (didn't) really need to run a full desktop as root, you only need to run system settings (might have been kcontrol back then) as root with kdesudo to set the icon theme for root. I regularly set a different color scheme for root apps the same way, probably for the same reason you did...nice to have a visual reminder.

+1 ,,, I just make the folders red however ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

VINNY

[kubicle]

I used to (09-10.xx kubuntu days) give the root user a password, log into the GUI as root, load a different set of icons than my user, then log out and delete the root password.

You don't (didn't) really need to run a full desktop as root, you only need to run system settings (might have been kcontrol back then) as root with kdesudo to set the icon theme for root. I regularly set a different color scheme for root apps the same way, probably for the same reason you did...nice to have a visual reminder.

[oshunluvr]

I used to (09-10.xx kubuntu days) give the root user a password, log into the GUI as root, load a different set of icons than my user, then log out and delete the root password.

Then whenever I launched Dolphin with kdesudo, it looked different...

[GreyGeek]

I skimmed through the thing looking for a way to turn krusader single-pane for you and apparently there ain't one, but it was an interesting read. *Way* more functionality than I thought

That's EXACTLY what I did and why. Didn't find anything either. But, it's still a good replacement for Dolphin when accessing root. I see it as a graphical mc.