Cinnamon: Featuerrequest: Next background on desktop contextmenu

[MegaV0lt]

```

• Cinnamon 3.4.4 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
• Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
• Graphics: Card: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display
  bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
  Resolution: [email protected]
  GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Bay Trail
  GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
• 64 bit
  ```

Featurerequest: "Next Background

Steps to reproduce
If multi backgrounds are configured (slideshow) there is no easy possibility to just get the next (random) background via the contextmenu (Right click at desktop)

Expected behavior
Right click the desktop and select "Next background" from the menu. Desktop then has the new background

Other information
Have used that mechanism with wind0ws...

[leigh123linux]

Who gives a damn about some Windoze feature?, Why pollute Linux with this?

Other information
Have used that mechanism with wind0ws...

-1 for this request

[itzexor]

This doesn't exist in nemo desktop, but there is an applet to do this for the panel called "Slideshow Controls" included with cinnamon.

[mtwebster]

There's already a feature request for this I believe (though for the life of me I can't find it now) - there are plans to make the slideshow easier to control, particularly from the command line or via dbus.

For now, create and edit the file: ~/.local/share/nemo/actions/next-background.nemo_action and paste this into it:

[Nemo Action]
Name=Next wallpaper
Comment=If the desktop background slideshow is active, display the next image
Exec=dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.Cinnamon.Slideshow /org/Cinnamon/Slideshow org.Cinnamon.Slideshow.getNextImage
Icon-Name=wallpaper
Selection=none
Extensions=any;
Conditions=gsettings org.cinnamon.desktop.background.slideshow slideshow-enabled;desktop;

It should show up in the desktop context menu.

[NikoKrause]

You can use the slideshow applet, which is already included in Cinnamon.
It you can use this 3rd party applet: https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/291

[JosephMcc]

Here is the related feature request https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/1258