Cinnamon: Lock Desklets

[highwindmx]

Cinnamon2.0.14
recently,I tried some desklets such as "clock desklet" or "weather desklet"
There is one problem annoying me, which is I can't fix or pin the desklet on the desktop, they may be accidentally moved.

so my request is: can these desklets be embed in desktop,
I know once embed, it can't be moved, so how about create a edit mode (just like in panel).

Thanks

[ManIVIctorious]

+1

[anandrkris]

https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/2006 I suppose, same as Lock Desklets....

[ghost]

The desklet can be moved on the desktop, because they are connected to the drag and drop event... remove the connection to the signal can not be difficult and can be added one more value on the desklet popup menu to change the state of this... If this not appear on cinnamon, need to be because for some reason this is not a priority or the devs not want... I don' t know, also Albert wrote a way to do that, but was not included in cinnamon not think anyone else take the risk to write the code to try again ...

[abdupattoh]

This issue has forced me to remove the clock desklet.

[Vahan86]

@JosephMcc, can this issue be marked as a feature request?

[holtzilya2008]

+1

[Kwaadpepper]

This feature is needed and not a fancy thing. Please consider.

[johanvandegriff]

I kept moving the desklets so often that I had to write a script to move them to their original position:

gsettings set org.cinnamon enabled-desklets "['battery@schorschii:3:1700:100', 'devTools@scollins:9:850:0', '[email protected]:13:1425:850', 'simple-system-monitor@ariel:16:1700:200', 'TimeAndDate@nightflame:20:1650:0']"

You can find the current positions with:

gsettings get org.cinnamon enabled-desklets

[tetoNidan]

I to would very much like this to be a feature as I hate antecedently dragging them from their well positioned positions, mostly I hate having to put them back. It's a complete waste of time.

I have a workaround. You can install deconf editor and disable show-desktop-icons under org>nemo>desktop.

You will loose all your desktop icons.

[JosephMcc]

Many thanks for contributing to Cinnamon. Your suggestion was reviewed. Your job is done and we'll take it from here :)

For more information on our workflow and feature requests, read https://linuxmint-troubleshooting-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html

[mfreeman72]

What's the current state of this?

I've recently noticed a problem on Linux Mint 20, where if I'm simply moving my mouse pointer over a desklet's position, the desklet decides to attach to the mouse and moves with it. This happens with or without clicking, and even sometimes when interacting with a window that's on top of the desklet. It would be really great to have the option to just lock them down, and allow them to only move when initially placing them or editing their configuration.

[claudiux]

@mfreeman72 I have already encountered the same issue, which is still in Cinnamon 4.6.7. This issue is closed; please open a new one.