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knote/sticky note widget text location
KDE 5 stores notes in the ~/.local/share/plasma_notes folder.
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How do I put a clock on the desktop background on Ubuntu 19.04, gnome
Install conky by running sudo apt install conky-all
Create the folder conky in ~/.config. Then, in ~/.config/conky, create an empty plain text file called conky.conf.
Open a plain text editor, paste ...
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Is there a way to add an image as a sticky note to my Unity Desktop?
Showing an image on your desktop
Windows can be of different types. We do not only have "normal" windows, but also windows of (in our case) type "DESKTOP".
Windows of type "DESKTOP" stay below ...
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How do I remove the clock from the Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 desktop?
The clock is a budgie-desktop applet. Like other applets you can modify, add and remove applets from Budgie Settings.
Open Budgie Settings from the menu or Raven. Look at the list of applets in ...
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Remove widgets from titlebars in gnome
You can install gtk3-nocsd to achieve this.
sudo apt install gtk3-nocsd
Then restart your computer.
Image source: GitHub repo
Note that some apps may not look as good after installing gtk3-nocsd.
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How do I remove the clock from the Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 desktop?
In 18.10 it's been renamed to a more vague ShowTime applet.
I actually preferred the old name since it was very clear what it meant.
Also it'd be nice for this not to be part of the panel, since, ...
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How to uninstall pre-installed widgets in Plasma 5?
As @danzel said, the preinstalled widgets (Folder View, Notepad etc) are part of the plasma desktop package and hence can't be removed. The only way you would be able to do that would be to manually ...
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Is it possible to display virtual clock on screen?
NOTE: This answer is actually dead now. The link in the answer takes you over to the Snapcraft https://snapcraft.io page, and you can see if there is a clock there that you like, or look into using ...
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20.04 - Is there a way to add Google Search Bar to Desktop?
The Gnome Google Search extension can do what you want.
Please note that neither the layout or the underlining workflow is identical to Android's but it's close enough.
Old solutions like the one ...
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Display the contents of an HTML file on my desktop
FYI - original script runs normally on Ubuntu MATE 14.04 LTS (EoL), 16.04 LTS (EoL) and 18.04 LTS.
For Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS you can use the following adapted code:
import gi
gi.require_version('Gtk', ...
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Display the contents of an HTML file on my desktop
Life is much easier than that!
Step by step
Use google-chrome in --app mode with wmctrl like so:
google-chrome --app="https://askubuntu.com/" && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,below
...
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Want better desktop widget currency converter
Not a widget, but you may use the gnome-calculator Financial mode:
Rates are updated daily and saved in ~/.cache/gnome-calculator/eurofxref-daily.xml or ~/snap/gnome-calculator/common/.cache/gnome-...
3
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Does gnome support desktop widgets?
Screenlets and gDesklets are no longer maintained so I created flidget, a flexible, lightweight and concise widget system:
https://github.com/mrubioroy/flidget
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Is there a GTK-Theme preview application?
The package has moved and is now called gtk3-widget-factory.
$ sudo apt install gtk3-widget-factory
$ gtk3-widget-factory
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How to create a sliding widget (GTK+, Quickly)
Nowadays, there is a real answer to this question. Since it was originally asked and answered, the code for revealing a widget from libgd - which I presume is what GEdit was using at that time - has ...
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How to create a sliding widget (GTK+, Quickly)
You can use a combination between Gtk.fixed(),GObject.timeout_add and the function move, here is an example in python :
#!/usr/bin/python*
from gi.repository import Gtk, GObject
class TestWindow(Gtk....
2
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Widget options in Ubuntu?
Ubuntu uses gdm3 nowadays and there it is called gnome extensions. You can find them on the extensions.gnome.org. From the 1st link:
Extensions
The GNOME Shell extension design is designed to give a ...
2
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Wifi widget not working in KDE Plasma 5.12.6 Ubuntu 18.04
Install plasma-nm, seems like plasma-desktop does not install it
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Ubuntu live world clock app as desktop wallpaper or widget possible?
Conky can be installed using sudo apt install conky-all.
The following is an example of conky running on Xubuntu 18.04.
As background preparation, I created a blank panel at the top of the screen in ...
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How to display weather properly with conky?
As it seems the issue is on ~/.cache/weather.json .
What I did was change the permissions for other apps to write and read to the file. This can be done from the terminal by typing :
chmod o+w ~/....
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Any package for clock widget in Ubuntu
There is a GNOME Shell extension called Desktop Clock available which adds a clock to the desktop.
Simply click on the OFF icon to turn it on.
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Remove KDE Plasma widgets in Ubuntu Studio 21.04
Right click on the desktop and enter edit mode.
Now hover on the widget, and you would find the remove (bin) button.
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Ubuntu 21.04 and Conky/ Conky Manager widgets doesn't show up! Please, help
EDIT 2 (Fixed):
I have fixed and found all the solutions on that, to let Conky to work properly on new Ubuntu 21.04, and it needs as following:
1. To install Conky or Conky-All, even if can be ...
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How to add minimize all windows plasmoid to quicklaunch widget in Kubuntu?
Finally I found the solution.
Install xdotool sudo apt install xdotool to simulate keyboard strokes from the terminal. Reference
Create the following bash script:
#!/bin/bash
xdotool key super+d
...
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KDE Plasma 5.18.4 Clipboard and Notification Widget clear history button bug
This is not a bug, it's the intended icon. It's a broom that cleans/clears the list of items.
If you don't like it you're free to choose another icon theme.
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KDE widget - run commands
If your widget is using the C++ then you could write a C++ plugin to handle the execution of the commands: Run system commands from QML App
If your widget is a QML only then you could use the ...
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How to uninstall pre-installed widgets in Plasma 5?
Widgets can be installed and uninstalled using Discover.
However, the preinstalled widgets are part of either plasma-desktop or plasma-widgets-addons. The Folder View widget is unfortunately part of ...
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Editing widgets in Kubuntu 16.04
Plasma 5 qml widgets
KDE start page - Development/Tutorials/Plasma5/QML2/GettingStarted: https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma5/QML2/GettingStarted
Plasma 5 plasmoid widgets name, ...
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Is there a widget for Ubuntu 14.04 that monitors RAM, processor, hdd/ssd, LAN, etc?
Conky is worth looking at, it floats on your desktop, behind all the windows you have open. Very customisable, which is great for experienced users but a little intimidating.
have a look at this ...
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Is there a GTK-Theme preview application?
You can try widget factory for gtk3
sudo apt install gtk-3-examples
gtk3-widget-factory
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