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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Copying/Moving a file in KDE - is the preview missing
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2015 12:53:45
Message-Id: 55743ECB.4010100@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Copying/Moving a file in KDE - is the preview missing by Mick
1 Mick wrote:
2 > On Sunday 07 Jun 2015 13:03:05 Paul Klos wrote:
3 >> Op zondag 7 juni 2015 17:42:37 schreef Andrew Lowe:
4 >>> Hi all,
5 >>>
6 >>> Under KDE, which I use, when you go to move/copy a file and it
7 >>>
8 >>> already exists in the destination, you get a dialogue pop up with a
9 >>> heading of "File already exists", it says in the dialogue "Source" and
10 >>> "Destination" with the respective paths underneath then underneath that
11 >>> a big expanse of nothing then below that some stuff including the
12 >>> Overwrite/Skip/Cancel buttons.
13 >>>
14 >>> My question relate to the expanse of nothingness. For example,
15 if I'm
16 >>>
17 >>> moving/copying image files, should there be a preview of the two files
18 >>> in this nothingness? Is there some USE flag I've stuffed up that has
19 >>> disabled this. This happens, in my experience with Dolphin and
20 >>> Gwenview,
21 >>> but I'm assuming they both use a standard Qt/KDE dialogue so others
22 >>> probably display this behaviour as well.
23 >>>
24 >>> Any thoughts, greatly appreciated,
25 >>>
26 >>> Andrew
27 >>
28 >> Hi Andrew,
29 >>
30 >> If I try to copy a file that already exists in the destination folder, I
31 >> do indeed get preview images and some metadata, not a vast expanse of
32 >> nothingness.
33 >>
34 >> For example, when copying a jpg the dialog shows thumbnails of the
35 >> source and the destination, and underneath each image the type, size,
36 >> width, height and the date it was last modified.
37 >>
38 >> Below that is an input field where an alternative name can be entered,
39 >> which presumably you still have. Finally there are the buttons.
40 >>
41 >> As for what triggers the presence/absence of the preview, I have no
42 >> idea.
43 >>
44 >> Paul
45 >
46 > From what I recall, in a full KDE desktop you will see previews only
47 if you
48 > have clicked on View/Previews to enable it. This will create loads of
49 > thumbnails of various files so that the preview can show these.
50 >
51 > Have you tried this?
52 >
53
54 I have the same problem as the OP and I do have it set to show
55 previews. I always figured this was a bug and would be fixed at some
56 point but it sure has been a while since it worked.
57
58 Dale
59
60 :-) :-)