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SpongB0B

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Registered: 2022-06-01

Posts: 16

[solved] Type directly a path in Desktop GUI

Hi everyone,

in the desktop GUI (xfdesktop-settings) in the first tab(Background)

I would like to change the Folder, so I click on folder then Other..

Then I have something like this :

Nice but I can't directly enter the path that I would like

So if for instance if /mydir is permissions denied for desktop but /mydir/wallpaper is accessible I can't reach it with that kind of "menu" is there a way to access (or enter the full path) in desktop in order to gain access to /myfolder/wallpaper ??

Thanks

7 sec video of the problem : https://sendvid.com/iltcx7du

Last edited by SpongB0B (2022-06-03 10:50:04)

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KBar

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Registered: 2021-11-05

Posts: 689

Re: [solved] Type directly a path in Desktop GUI

Hey and welcome to our forum!

Just type in / and the full pathbar will appear.

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SpongB0B

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Registered: 2022-06-01

Posts: 16

Re: [solved] Type directly a path in Desktop GUI

Thank you @KBar !

So I could type the path I wanted

Which permissions should have the dir in order for xfdesktop-settings to have access ?

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root
Doesn't work, strange I was hoping that other get read that would be more than enough.

Thanks.

Last edited by SpongB0B (2022-06-01 15:10:56)

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KBar

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Re: [solved] Type directly a path in Desktop GUI

5₈ (r-x) is enough to list and access files in a directory. Write permissions are required to create and remove files in a directory.

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SpongB0B

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Re: [solved] Type directly a path in Desktop GUI

Thank you @KBar !

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