Re: [gentoo-user] Copying/Moving a file in KDE - is the preview missing

[Mick]

On Sunday 07 Jun 2015 13:03:05 Paul Klos wrote:
> Op zondag 7 juni 2015 17:42:37 schreef Andrew Lowe:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >     Under KDE, which I use, when you go to move/copy a file and it
> >
> > already exists in the destination, you get a dialogue pop up with a
> > heading of "File already exists", it says in the dialogue "Source" and
> > "Destination" with the respective paths underneath then underneath that
> > a big expanse of nothing then below that some stuff including the
> > Overwrite/Skip/Cancel buttons.
> >
> > 	My question relate to the expanse of nothingness. For example, if I'm
> >
> > moving/copying image files, should there be a preview of the two files
> > in this nothingness? Is there some USE flag I've stuffed up that has
> > disabled this. This happens, in my experience with Dolphin and
> > Gwenview,
> > but I'm assuming they both use a standard Qt/KDE dialogue so others
> > probably display this behaviour as well.
> >
> > 	Any thoughts, greatly appreciated,
> >
> > 		Andrew
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> If I try to copy a file that already exists in the destination folder, I
> do indeed get preview images and some metadata, not a vast expanse of
> nothingness.
>
> For example, when copying a jpg  the dialog shows thumbnails of the
> source and the destination, and underneath each image the type, size,
> width, height and the date it was last modified.
>
> Below that is an input field where an alternative name can be entered,
> which presumably you still have. Finally there are the buttons.
>
> As for what triggers the presence/absence of the preview, I have no
> idea.
>
> Paul

From what I recall, in a full KDE desktop you will see previews only if you 
have clicked on View/Previews to enable it.  This will create loads of 
thumbnails of various files so that the preview can show these.

Have you tried this?

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Regards,
Mick