The response to the static background pixmap was overwhelmingly positive, hence:

* fix static background pixmap also for tiled pixmaps
* make it customizable via LauncherSettings
* enable it per default

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/core/launcher/launcher.cpp b/core/launcher/launcher.cpp
index 4255b44..4ec5f4c 100644
--- a/core/launcher/launcher.cpp
+++ b/core/launcher/launcher.cpp
@@ -458,2 +458,10 @@ void LauncherTabWidget::launcherMessage( const QCString &msg, const QByteArray &
         reCheckDoctab(id);
+    } else if ( msg == "setStaticBackground(bool)" ) {
+        int set; stream >> set;
+        odebug << "setStaticBackground " << set << oendl;
+        for (int i = 0; i < categoryBar->count(); i++ )
+        {
+            LauncherView* view = static_cast<LauncherTab*>( categoryBar->tab(i) )->view;
+            view->iconView()->setStaticBackgroundPicture( set );
+        }
     }
diff --git a/core/launcher/launcherview.cpp b/core/launcher/launcherview.cpp
index e7229ee..a4c7561 100644
--- a/core/launcher/launcherview.cpp
+++ b/core/launcher/launcherview.cpp
@@ -296,8 +296,3 @@ LauncherIconView::LauncherIconView( QWidget* parent, const char* name )
     config.setGroup( "GUI" );
-    staticBackground = config.readEntry( "StaticBackground", false );
-    if ( staticBackground )
-    {
-        setStaticBackground( true );
-        verticalScrollBar()->setTracking( false );
-    }
+    setStaticBackgroundPicture( config.readBoolEntry( "StaticBackground", true ) );   
 }
@@ -317,2 +312,17 @@ LauncherIconView::~LauncherIconView()
 
+void LauncherIconView::setStaticBackgroundPicture( bool enable )
+{
+    staticBackground = enable;
+    if ( staticBackground )
+    {
+        setStaticBackground( true );
+        verticalScrollBar()->setTracking( false );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        setStaticBackground( false );
+        verticalScrollBar()->setTracking( true );
+    }    
+}    
+
 int LauncherIconView::compare(const AppLnk* a, const AppLnk* b)
@@ -372,3 +382,3 @@ void LauncherIconView::drawBackground( QPainter *p, const QRect &r )
         {
-            p->drawPixmap( r.x(), r.y(), bgPixmap, r.x(), r.y(), r.width(), r.height() );
+            p->drawTiledPixmap( r, bgPixmap, QPoint( r.x() % bgPixmap.width(), r.y() % bgPixmap.height() ) );
         }
@@ -376,4 +386,4 @@ void LauncherIconView::drawBackground( QPainter *p, const QRect &r )
         {
-            p->drawTiledPixmap( r, bgPixmap, QPoint( (r.x() + contentsX()) % bgPixmap.width(),
-                                                     (r.y() + contentsY()) % bgPixmap.height() ) );
+        p->drawTiledPixmap( r, bgPixmap, QPoint( (r.x() + contentsX()) % bgPixmap.width(),
+                                                 (r.y() + contentsY()) % bgPixmap.height() ) );
         }
diff --git a/core/launcher/launcherview.h b/core/launcher/launcherview.h
index 97b1dea..6a2d197 100644
--- a/core/launcher/launcherview.h
+++ b/core/launcher/launcherview.h
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ public:
     void setColNumber( int );
-
     void relayout(void);
+    LauncherIconView* iconView() { return icons; };
 
@@ -171,2 +171,3 @@ public:
     void setBusyIndicatorType ( BusyIndicatorType t );
+    void setStaticBackgroundPicture( bool enable );
     void doAutoScroll()