Lock Desktop Icons

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Hi,

I'm trying to do something similar to what was discussed (but never resolved) here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=384583

Basically, I want to lock the desktop icons in place so they can't be moved around.

I have set up a simple computing environment for an elderly person, and it's going great, I think Ubuntu was a brilliant choice, I've managed to do everything I wanted to do, except this. She is only just getting used to using the mouse and has a tendency to drag rather than click, so I'd like to lock the icons in place to avoid accidental dragging - but as far as I have discovered, this is impossible.

Can anyone suggest a solution? I hear KDE has a slightly larger variety of kiosk-type options, but I don't want to switch desktop environments after the work setting the laptop up to be perfect. Seems like such a simple thing to want to do that someone must have done it already some how?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions. :)

[gettinoriginal]

I don't believe this is possible, but you can lock them on panel which would not be a big change, as the panel can be moved to top, bottom, or either side. And the good part is that under properties, you can enlarge the panel/icons so they are easier to see. :P

[I wanted to leave]

Basically, I want to lock the desktop icons in place so they can't be moved around.

I think you should file a bug for Gnome under 'enhancements' to include this as standard.
It would not only be people who are visually impaired that would benefit from this feature.