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Set as Wallpaper

Dolphin Service Menus

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Description:

This ServiceMenu allows you to set images as Desktop Wallpaper/Background from within Dolphin's context menu. But to save you some disappointments here are some facts:
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* Currently only one boring desktop/activity/monitor is supported , for other setups if it works for you, great, if not am sorry. People have reported that it didn't work on such setups.
* Widgets need to be unlocked, otherwise it won't work. Thanks @FraQu, see (1)
* Am neither a developer nor an expert on this area, just a "normal" user. Any Feature requests/Bugs should be directed to KDE bug tracker. See (1) and (2).
* Yes, I know it is s... but hey, if you know a better way, let us know :-)
* It's also true, more text here than features :-)
*Still reading? Nice! Here is how you can use it:
- Copy/move the downloaded file to ~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/ (make that directory if it doesn't exist).
- Rightclick an image (png/jpeg/svg) and click "Set as Wallpaper".
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(1) https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217950#c47
(2) https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358038
(3) dbus command taken from: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?66762-Right-click-wallpaper-changer&p=387392&viewfull=1#post387392

Last changelog:

v1.2 9 months ago

Added translations, thanks @beliys

kris10ansn
1 month ago

10 Very nice!

rasool-deldar
1 month ago

10 10 the best

pulsar-ai
2 months ago

10 10 the best
Can you make this work for one monitor only? It changes wallpaper to every monitor

kuser
2 months ago

I really have no idea how to achieve that. This was thought as a temporary workaround till the linked issue is resolved by the KDE developers. See description.

bassamanator
3 months ago

10 10 the best

beliys
9 months ago

I made a translation into the main languages using a translation from microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/language/Search?&searchTerm=Set%20as%20desktop%20background&langID=412&Source=true&productid=526)
It would also be nice to put not on all monitors by default, but to offer a choice of monitor or monitors for which you need.

Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/jpeg;image/png;image/svg+xml;
Actions=SetAsWallpaper;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-StartupNotify=false

[Desktop Action SetAsWallpaper]
Icon=preferences-desktop-wallpaper
Name=Set as desktop background
Name[ar]=تعيين كخلفية سطح المكتب
Name[cn]=设置为桌面背景
Name[de]=Als Desktophintergrund festlegen
Name[en]=Set as desktop background
Name[es]=Establecer como fondo de escritorio
Name[fr]=Choisir comme arrière-plan du Bureau
Name[hi_IN]=डेस्कटॉप पृष्ठभूमि के रूप में सेट करें
Name[id]=Definir como fundo de ambiente de trabalho
Name[it]=Imposta come sfondo del desktop
Name[jp]=デスクトップの背景として設定
Name[pl]=Ustaw jako tło pulpitu
Name[pt]=Definir como fundo de ambiente de trabalho
Name[ru]=Сделать фоновым изображением рабочего стола
Name[ua]=Установити як фон робочого стола
Exec=qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell org.kde.PlasmaShell.evaluateScript 'var allDesktops = desktops();print (allDesktops);for (i=0;i

skeleton21
1 year ago

10 10 the best

Met
1 year ago

10 10 the best

vladimir123
1 year ago

10 10 the best

ukdave
1 year ago

Excellent Thanks for your work

xartur
1 year ago

Works good for me til now! THX

m0ji
1 year ago

9 +

oshunluvr
1 year ago

Worked like a charm! Thanks.

ASiddique
1 year ago

9 +

arun94
2 years ago

9 +

mirceafx
2 years ago

9 +

a7med7amdy
2 years ago

9 keep it up

Cybernix
2 years ago

9 +

erikdubois
2 years ago

9 +works fine here

joder666
3 years ago

If you ever encounter "Could not find the program qdbus", open the *.desktop file and look for "Exec=" line and change "qdbus" to "qdbus-qt5".

demsking
3 years ago

Not compatible with Activities. The script change wallpaper of all activities instead of the current

ChoiceD
3 years ago

You will be happy (or displeased) to know that on my mulit-monitor setup this service menu does absolutely nothing. And yes, I did unlock the widgets. At least it didn't do anything detrimental. Thanks for the effort.

baltolkien
3 years ago

Works perfect. Maybe will be nice to add the option to choose which desktop will change the wallpaper in the case of multiple monitors.
Thanks for your work

FraQu
3 years ago

Not working until the desktop widgets are unlocked (Plasma 5.8).
For me... it's useless but it's good to see features that should be as default in DE.
Keep going :)

kuser
3 years ago

Thanks for the comment!
True, it doesn't work if widgets are locked. I didn't notice that as I have widgets always unlocked. Looking forward a workaround, until then you may have a look at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217950
This Servicemenu is actually a hack for something that DE should offer out of the box. I was frustrated about the lack of this option and after searching I found that bug and thought let's make a Servicemenu of it and share it with people that are also missing it. Let's see what KDE guys will do about it.

v1.2 9 months ago

Added translations, thanks @beliys

v1.1 2 years ago

Added svg images support (images/svg+xml)

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kris10ansn Sep 16 2020 10 the best

Very nice!

rasool-deldar Aug 30 2020 10 the best

10 the best

pulsar-ai Aug 07 2020 10 the best

10 the best Can you make this work for one monitor only? It changes wallpaper to every monitor

bassamanator Jul 04 2020 10 the best

10 the best

skeleton21 Sep 29 2019 10 the best

10 the best

Met Jun 10 2019 10 the best

10 the best

vladimir123 Jun 05 2019 10 the best

10 the best

m0ji Feb 02 2019 9 excellent

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ASiddique Nov 10 2018 9 excellent

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arun94 Oct 07 2018 9 excellent

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mirceafx Sep 25 2018 9 excellent

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a7med7amdy Sep 05 2018 9 excellent

keep it up

Cybernix Jul 24 2018 9 excellent

+

erikdubois Jun 17 2018 9 excellent

+works fine here

scsimodo May 12 2017 9 excellent

mockroot Apr 25 2017 9 excellent

janet Apr 24 2017 9 excellent

bialyikar Apr 17 2017 9 excellent

baltolkien Feb 19 2017 9 excellent

VectoR Feb 16 2017 9 excellent

stroum Feb 14 2017 9 excellent

FraQu Feb 11 2017 9 excellent

rosenrot Feb 03 2017 9 excellent

gericom Feb 02 2017 9 excellent

vmorenomarin Feb 01 2017 9 excellent

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