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

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/core/settings/launcher/tabssettings.cpp b/core/settings/launcher/tabssettings.cpp
index 42f0568..fca6b20 100644
--- a/core/settings/launcher/tabssettings.cpp
+++ b/core/settings/launcher/tabssettings.cpp
@@ -85,2 +85,5 @@ TabsSettings::TabsSettings ( QWidget *parent, const char *name )
 	lay-> addMultiCellWidget ( m_busyani, 6, 6, 0, 1 );
+        
+        m_staticbackground = new QCheckBox( tr( "Enable static background pixmap" ), this );
+        lay->addMultiCellWidget( m_staticbackground, 7, 7, 0, 1 );
 
@@ -97,2 +100,3 @@ TabsSettings::TabsSettings ( QWidget *parent, const char *name )
 	QWhatsThis::add ( m_busyani, tr( "Activate this, if you want an animatedbusy indicator for starting applications in the Launcher." ));
+	QWhatsThis::add ( m_staticbackground, tr( "Activate this, if you want the background pixmap not to scroll with the icons." ));
 }
@@ -124,2 +128,3 @@ void TabsSettings::init ( )
                 m_bigbusy->setChecked(  cfg. readBoolEntry ( "BigBusy" )  );
+        m_staticbackground->setChecked( cfg.readBoolEntry( "StaticBackground", true ) );
 }
@@ -281,4 +286,4 @@ void TabsSettings::accept ( )
 	cfg. writeEntry ( "BusyType", busytype );
-
-        	cfg. writeEntry ( "BigBusy", m_bigbusy->isChecked( ) );
+	cfg. writeEntry ( "BigBusy", m_bigbusy->isChecked( ) );
+	cfg. writeEntry ( "StaticBackground", m_staticbackground->isChecked( ) );
 
@@ -288,2 +293,6 @@ void TabsSettings::accept ( )
 	}
+	{
+		QCopEnvelope e ( "QPE/Launcher", "setStaticBackground(bool)" );
+		e << m_staticbackground->isChecked();
+	}        
 }
diff --git a/core/settings/launcher/tabssettings.h b/core/settings/launcher/tabssettings.h
index 600c65c..bbe1e72 100644
--- a/core/settings/launcher/tabssettings.h
+++ b/core/settings/launcher/tabssettings.h
@@ -61,3 +61,3 @@ private:
 	QMap <QString, TabConfig> m_tabs;
-	QCheckBox *m_busyani, *m_bigbusy;
+	QCheckBox *m_busyani, *m_bigbusy, *m_staticbackground;
 };