SOLVED Debian Stretch how to move desktop icons?

[bigrigdriver]

I've just upgraded to Stretch. For some reason, my desktop and panel icons were all removed, leaving a blank panel and desktop.

I went to the Kde menu and started adding application icons to the desktop, which appear in a neat row starting at the upper left corner. I can't get them to move to my preferred locations. Right click on the desktop shows the widgets are not locked in place.

Searches of the Debian and Linuxquestions.org forums, and a general google search haven't produced and answer to my question: how do I move the icons around on the Stretch desktop?

[Hallvor]

KDE is intuitive, isn't it?

1. Move the cursor on the icon
2. Press the left mouse button for a couple of seconds. The handle next to the icon will then show.
3. Move your icon.

[bigrigdriver]

Thank you Hallvor. I vaguely recall reading that some years ago. For some reason, possibly in my settings in Jessie, there was a much shorter time delay before the handle appeared and I move the icon.

[Hallvor]

You are welcome! Yes, it was different (and easier) in Jessie. One simply had to hover the cursor over the icon to make the handle show.