Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 06:02:47PM -0500 schrieb Dale: > >>> The /mnt or any other /* directories will show up both when you click the / >>> partition Label on the 'Devices' side panel section and when you click Root >>> in >>> the 'Places' section. >>> >> True but I rarely use that panel, pane or whatever it is called. Once I >> open /home and go a couple layers, the list gets VERY long. It's so >> long that I tend to use the mouse pointer and the scroll bar to move. A >> mouse wheel scroll would take a long time. > You can hold the shift key while turning the wheel, this will cause it to > scroll by page, not by three lines at a time. That’s a very nifty feature > since at least KDE 3 (that was when I started my “Linux career”). >
Never heard of that. May play with that. I looked in one directory, can't mention the name exactly, I have over 600 directories. It takes a while to scroll through that. That feature sounds nifty. Faster at least. I went and tried it. Yep, that is a LOT faster. O_O >>> It seems the top directory in the Folders side panel is dynamically >>> adjusted >>> when you decent through its subdirectories. Have you played with: >>> >>> Settings > Configure Dolphin > Startup > Show on startup >>> >>> to see if you can set / in there? I don't know if this might affect it >>> permanently, rather than on startup, but its worth trying. >>> >>> Alternatively, is the dolphin window and size of fonts/icons as large in >>> this >>> desktop as it was in your old desktop? >>> >> I tried that too. It still does the /home/dale thing when I go into my >> home directory. There has to be a setting somewhere since it works on >> my old rig. I just can't find it. I may boot the old rig and compare. >> Maybe when I enable/disable something some new settings show up somewhere. > First I wanted to write that I don’t really believe there is an option for > this. So you could simply go to home (with Alt+Home) and one level up with > Alt+Cursor, so the folder panel goes back to root mode. > > And then I had one more look and simply clicked around a bit. I’ve never > really used the folder panel; I usually stick to the Places panel. I noticed > a suspicios menu item … and Heureka! Just right-click any folder in the > panel and uncheck “Limit to home directory”. > Well choke me until I look like a Smurf. ROFLMBO That worked. As soon as I clicked that, it went to the / directory. It seems to stick there. It actually changed it for every instance I have running too. It seems that Dolphin wants to run as one instance instead of multiple. I'm not sure about that yet tho. I tend to have at least four instances of Dolphin open at the same time. Sometimes more if I'm downloaded trail camera pics or something. >> If only. I'd have to connect everything back up to the old rig so I can >> boot. Right now, nothing plugged into it. I need to do some things on >> it tho. Drag out the old keyboard, spare mouse and various other >> things. Hmmmm, where am I going to put a monitor tho????? > You could try headless with SSH, if it’s just moving files around that needs > to be done. Yea, still got to hook up a lot of stuff for that too. Plus, it has been running 24/7 for so long, it may be upset with me and not boot for some reason. It could feel neglected and unneeded. ;-) >>>> Anyone have a idea how to make Dolphin lock the panel at / and it not >>>> switch to /home/dale view?? I'd think locking is enough but maybe the >>>> lock setting isn't working and it is a bug. > The “lock setting” is for locking the sidebar layout, not its content. > I figured it was something other than what I was trying to do. :/ >>>> P. S. Liking the new rig. Sometimes my main monitor blinks off and >>>> back on again. I can't figure out why yet but I'm working on it. >>>> Swapped cables so far. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. :-) >>> Probably some power Energy Star® saving feature on the monitor? :-/ >> Well, it does it when I'm actually doing things like typing a email or >> something. Plus, most energy saving stuff is disabled. It has to stay >> on so I can watch TV anyway. > Media players usually inhibit the suspend signal to the monitor anyways. > > -- Grüße | Greetings | Salut | Qapla’ Please do not share anything > from, with or about me on any social network. What were peanuts used > for before there was TV? True. Sometimes tho, a roach creeps in and it cuts off after a little bit. I tend to disable it. When I lock the screen and am gone for a while, it powers off then after like 10 minutes or something. Not sure where that setting is tho. I figure on the lock screen, it has a different setting. I'm glad it turns off so never went looking for it anyway. Thanks for the help. I think it's working like I want now. On to the next thing that annoys me. LOL Dale :-) :-)
