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We must first ask What GUI program are you trying to run as root?
gedit, gparted, many others. I am not afraid of the terminal it's just not my preferred method.
gedit uses polkit and should prompt you with a password when modifying a file that needs root priviledges. you shouldn't have to run it as root
Nope, gedit opens fine but you can't save changes unless you're root. This is true of every distro I've tried.
ah I may have mixed its behaviour up with kate
There's programs like kdesu which you can use. Idk if you can (or should) hack a context menu for a run-as-root option on everything. But you can make aliases or specifically application menu items for the specific apps you want to use.
https://superuser.com/questions/135311/sudo-access-for-desktop-actions-in-gnome-kde#135325