That's what this tool is trying to do. Give you a series of links into your accounts so allow you to open files directly from your system to your drive document or file. Gnome has this implementation set up by default, you just add your google account and it starts to work. On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 12:54 PM Joe Lowder wrote: > Thanks. I just wish I understood what I read there. > Still can't figure out how to do it. > > ------------------ > On Sun, December 8, 2019 at 5:11 pm, Stephen Partington wrote: > > Some things to review. > > > > > https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/05/kde-google-drive-integration-in-plasma > > https://community.kde.org/KIO_GDrive > > ------------ > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 5:02 PM Joe wrote: > > > >> Can't figure out how to add a google doc shortcut on > >> my linux mint kde panel. Search found these two tips, > >> but I can't get either to work on my system: > >> > >> (1) > >>> If you have a Google Chrome browser installed to your > >>> system, open it and click Apps on the bar at the bottom of the window, > >>> right-click on Google Docs and select Create Shortcuts... From the > >>> menu; Check mark the location where you want the shortcuts, and click > >>> on Create button. > >> > >> (2) > >>> Instead of opening Google Docs directly in your browser, > >>> click on a shortcut on your taskbar or desktop to open the app that > >>> way. *** Open docs.google.com To create a shortcut to a specific > >>> document, open that file. Go to the setting menu in Chrome (three > >>> horizontal lines top right) More Tools, and Create Application > >>> Shortcuts. > >>> Choose to pin the app or file to your taskbar or desktop. > >>> Click Create. The shortcut will be added and you can open it > >>> just like you would any app on your desktop. It will open in its own > >>> app window that you can resize. Even better: If you have your most > >>> important or most used files starred in Google Drive, click on the > >>> Starred menu to see those > >>> files in Chrome, then use the same Create Application Shortcuts option > >>> to pin this window to your taskbar. The same for Recent files. > >> > >> What can I do to get this to work? > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen