Desktop Icons NG

Current version: 0.12.0

This is an extension for Gnome Shell that adds icons to the desktop. It is a fork of the original, Desktop Icons, but it adds:

• Drag'n'Drop, both inside the desktop, between desktop and applications, and nautilus windows
• Allows to use "Open with..." option with several files
• When hovering or clicking on an icon with a name too large to fit, it shows the full name
• Doesn't hang the compositor when there is too much activity in the desktop folder

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History of versions

• version 0.12.0 ()
• Don't fail if there is no TEMPLATES folder
• Support Ctrl+A for 'select all'
• Use "Home" as the name of the user's personal folder
• Show mounted drives in the desktop
• Re-read the desktop on error
• Custom icons support
• Detect changes in the size of the working area
• Preserves the drop place for remote places
• Better detection for focus loss
• version 0.11.0 (2020/04/17)
• Copy files instead of move when using DnD into another drive
• Removed flicker when a file is created or removed
• Fix DnD for Chrome and other programs
• Template support
• Allow to choose the align corner for the icons
• Added "Select all" option
• Added support for preview
• Creates folders in the place where the mouse cursor is
• version 0.10.0 (2020/02/22)
• Added 'tiny' icon size
• Doesn't allow to use an existing name when renaming or creating a new folder
• Fixed the DnD positioning (finally)
• version 0.9.1 (2020/02/06)
• Now "Delete permanently" works again
• version 0.9.0 (2020/01/31)
• Fix bug that prevented it to work with Gnome Shell 3.30
• version 0.8.0 (2020/01/19)
• Fix memory leak when using the rubber band too fast
• Add finally full support for multimonitor and HiDPI combined
• Better precision in DnD
• version 0.7.0 (2019/12/09)
• Don't show ".desktop" in enabled .desktop files
• Appearance more consistent with Nautilus
• Allows to permanently delete files
• When clicking on a text script, honors "executable-text-activation" setting and, if set, asks what to do
• Honors "show-image-thumbnails" setting
• .desktop files are now launched with the $HOME folder as the current folder
• Allows to run script files with blank spaces in the file name
• Shows an error if Nautilus is not available in the system
• Shows an error if a file or folder can't be permanently deleted
• Added note about configuration
• version 0.6.0 (2019/10/29)
• Fix icon distribution in the desktop
• Show the "Name" field in the .desktop files
• Better wrap of the names
• Show a tooltip with the filename
• Show a hand mouse cursor on "single click" policy
• Add "delete permanently" option
• Shift + Delete do "delete permanently"
• Better detection of screen size change
• Show symlink emblem also in .desktop files and in files with preview
• Fix "symlink in all icons" bug
• Ensure that all the emblems fit in the icon
• version 0.5.0 (2019/10/15)
• Fix right-click menu in trash not showing sometimes
• Fix opening a file during New folder operation
• Changed license to GPLv3 only
• version 0.4.0 (2019/10/04)
• Fix Drag'n'Drop in some special cases
• Don't relaunch the desktop process when disabling and enabling fast
• Temporary fix for X11 size
• version 0.3.0 (2019/09/17)
• Separate Wayland and X11 paths
• When a file is dropped from another window, it is done at the cursor
• Fixed bug when dragging several files into a Nautilus window
• version 0.2.0 (2019/08/19)
• Shows the full filename if selected
• Use theme color for selections
• Sends debug info to the journal
• Now kills fine old, unneeded processes
• Allows to launch the desktop app as standalone
• Ensures that the desktop is kept at background when switching workspaces
• Honors the Scale value (for retina-like monitors)
• Hotkeys
• Check if the desktop folder is writable by others
• Now the settings window doesn't block the icons
• Don't show hidden files
• version 0.1.0 (2019/08/13)
• First semi-working version version
• Has everything supported by Desktop Icons, plus Drag'n'Drop