Wallpaper upload button missing - Ubuntu 18.04?
I try to install a wallpaper but miss the upload button. Of course I can google for "place for wallpaper ubuntu 18.04", but is that really what Ubuntu requires?
This is how an Ubuntu 18 looks like - did I miss something?
18.04 gnome-shell wallpaper system-settings background
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I try to install a wallpaper but miss the upload button. Of course I can google for "place for wallpaper ubuntu 18.04", but is that really what Ubuntu requires?
This is how an Ubuntu 18 looks like - did I miss something?
18.04 gnome-shell wallpaper system-settings background
edited Jan 7 at 8:29
pomsky
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asked Jan 7 at 8:12
Joe SchraubeJoe Schraube
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I try to install a wallpaper but miss the upload button. Of course I can google for "place for wallpaper ubuntu 18.04", but is that really what Ubuntu requires?
This is how an Ubuntu 18 looks like - did I miss something?
18.04 gnome-shell wallpaper system-settings background
edited Jan 7 at 8:29
pomsky
30.6k1193127
asked Jan 7 at 8:12
Joe SchraubeJoe Schraube
162
I try to install a wallpaper but miss the upload button. Of course I can google for "place for wallpaper ubuntu 18.04", but is that really what Ubuntu requires?
This is how an Ubuntu 18 looks like - did I miss something?
18.04 gnome-shell wallpaper system-settings background
18.04 gnome-shell wallpaper system-settings background
edited Jan 7 at 8:29
pomsky
30.6k1193127
asked Jan 7 at 8:12
Joe SchraubeJoe Schraube
162
edited Jan 7 at 8:29
pomsky
30.6k1193127
asked Jan 7 at 8:12
Joe SchraubeJoe Schraube
162
edited Jan 7 at 8:29
pomsky
30.6k1193127
edited Jan 7 at 8:29
pomsky
30.6k1193127
edited Jan 7 at 8:29
pomsky
30.6k1193127
30.6k1193127
asked Jan 7 at 8:12
Joe SchraubeJoe Schraube
162
asked Jan 7 at 8:12
Joe SchraubeJoe Schraube
162
asked Jan 7 at 8:12
Joe SchraubeJoe Schraube
162
162
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The 'Pictures' tab in the wallpaper selection window as in your screenshot gets populated by images in your ~/Pictures/ directory (or the 'Pictures' folder in your home directory). So if you want a specific image to appear here, you simply need to copy/move the image to ~/Pictures/.
Note that The Pictures tab shows images only from the 'Pictures' folder, not even from any subfolder of the Pictures folder.
If you're unhappy with the limited options this wallpaper selection window provides, you may use (GNOME) Tweaks. Install it by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
Tweaks let you select image from any folder and also provides extra options to tile/zoom/centre/scale/fill/span the background image.
answered Jan 7 at 8:28
pomskypomsky
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ok thanks that was easy! but honestly, why is the option to assign a wallpaper not included in basic Ubuntu 18.04? The ~/Pictures/ folder and the others I always remove from the beginning, in this case it falls back to home folder.
– Joe Schraube
Jan 9 at 8:27
@JoeSchraube If you find this answer useful you may consider "accepting" it (by clicking the tick (✓) next to it) to indicate you've found a working solution and also so that others may more easily find it in the future.
– pomsky
Jan 9 at 8:29
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The 'Pictures' tab in the wallpaper selection window as in your screenshot gets populated by images in your ~/Pictures/ directory (or the 'Pictures' folder in your home directory). So if you want a specific image to appear here, you simply need to copy/move the image to ~/Pictures/.
Note that The Pictures tab shows images only from the 'Pictures' folder, not even from any subfolder of the Pictures folder.
If you're unhappy with the limited options this wallpaper selection window provides, you may use (GNOME) Tweaks. Install it by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
Tweaks let you select image from any folder and also provides extra options to tile/zoom/centre/scale/fill/span the background image.
answered Jan 7 at 8:28
pomskypomsky
30.6k1193127
ok thanks that was easy! but honestly, why is the option to assign a wallpaper not included in basic Ubuntu 18.04? The ~/Pictures/ folder and the others I always remove from the beginning, in this case it falls back to home folder.
– Joe Schraube
Jan 9 at 8:27
@JoeSchraube If you find this answer useful you may consider "accepting" it (by clicking the tick (✓) next to it) to indicate you've found a working solution and also so that others may more easily find it in the future.
– pomsky
Jan 9 at 8:29
add a comment |
The 'Pictures' tab in the wallpaper selection window as in your screenshot gets populated by images in your ~/Pictures/ directory (or the 'Pictures' folder in your home directory). So if you want a specific image to appear here, you simply need to copy/move the image to ~/Pictures/.
Note that The Pictures tab shows images only from the 'Pictures' folder, not even from any subfolder of the Pictures folder.
If you're unhappy with the limited options this wallpaper selection window provides, you may use (GNOME) Tweaks. Install it by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
Tweaks let you select image from any folder and also provides extra options to tile/zoom/centre/scale/fill/span the background image.
answered Jan 7 at 8:28
pomskypomsky
30.6k1193127
ok thanks that was easy! but honestly, why is the option to assign a wallpaper not included in basic Ubuntu 18.04? The ~/Pictures/ folder and the others I always remove from the beginning, in this case it falls back to home folder.
– Joe Schraube
Jan 9 at 8:27
@JoeSchraube If you find this answer useful you may consider "accepting" it (by clicking the tick (✓) next to it) to indicate you've found a working solution and also so that others may more easily find it in the future.
– pomsky
Jan 9 at 8:29
add a comment |
The 'Pictures' tab in the wallpaper selection window as in your screenshot gets populated by images in your ~/Pictures/ directory (or the 'Pictures' folder in your home directory). So if you want a specific image to appear here, you simply need to copy/move the image to ~/Pictures/.
Note that The Pictures tab shows images only from the 'Pictures' folder, not even from any subfolder of the Pictures folder.
If you're unhappy with the limited options this wallpaper selection window provides, you may use (GNOME) Tweaks. Install it by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
Tweaks let you select image from any folder and also provides extra options to tile/zoom/centre/scale/fill/span the background image.
answered Jan 7 at 8:28
pomskypomsky
30.6k1193127
The 'Pictures' tab in the wallpaper selection window as in your screenshot gets populated by images in your ~/Pictures/ directory (or the 'Pictures' folder in your home directory). So if you want a specific image to appear here, you simply need to copy/move the image to ~/Pictures/.
Note that The Pictures tab shows images only from the 'Pictures' folder, not even from any subfolder of the Pictures folder.
If you're unhappy with the limited options this wallpaper selection window provides, you may use (GNOME) Tweaks. Install it by running
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
Tweaks let you select image from any folder and also provides extra options to tile/zoom/centre/scale/fill/span the background image.
answered Jan 7 at 8:28
pomskypomsky
30.6k1193127
answered Jan 7 at 8:28
pomskypomsky
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answered Jan 7 at 8:28
pomskypomsky
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answered Jan 7 at 8:28
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ok thanks that was easy! but honestly, why is the option to assign a wallpaper not included in basic Ubuntu 18.04? The ~/Pictures/ folder and the others I always remove from the beginning, in this case it falls back to home folder.
– Joe Schraube
Jan 9 at 8:27
@JoeSchraube If you find this answer useful you may consider "accepting" it (by clicking the tick (✓) next to it) to indicate you've found a working solution and also so that others may more easily find it in the future.
– pomsky
Jan 9 at 8:29
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ok thanks that was easy! but honestly, why is the option to assign a wallpaper not included in basic Ubuntu 18.04? The ~/Pictures/ folder and the others I always remove from the beginning, in this case it falls back to home folder.
– Joe Schraube
Jan 9 at 8:27
@JoeSchraube If you find this answer useful you may consider "accepting" it (by clicking the tick (✓) next to it) to indicate you've found a working solution and also so that others may more easily find it in the future.
– pomsky
Jan 9 at 8:29
ok thanks that was easy! but honestly, why is the option to assign a wallpaper not included in basic Ubuntu 18.04? The ~/Pictures/ folder and the others I always remove from the beginning, in this case it falls back to home folder.
– Joe Schraube
Jan 9 at 8:27
ok thanks that was easy! but honestly, why is the option to assign a wallpaper not included in basic Ubuntu 18.04? The ~/Pictures/ folder and the others I always remove from the beginning, in this case it falls back to home folder.
– Joe Schraube
Jan 9 at 8:27
@JoeSchraube If you find this answer useful you may consider "accepting" it (by clicking the tick (✓) next to it) to indicate you've found a working solution and also so that others may more easily find it in the future.
– pomsky
Jan 9 at 8:29
@JoeSchraube If you find this answer useful you may consider "accepting" it (by clicking the tick (✓) next to it) to indicate you've found a working solution and also so that others may more easily find it in the future.
– pomsky
Jan 9 at 8:29
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