On 07/06/2015 14:24, Mick wrote: > 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? >
I have that enabled, but previews still do not show up in the "file already exists" dialog. They do however show up in dolphin's sidebar panel (activated with F11) So there is something else here that also plays a role -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
