| Summary: | Save icon size per-directory | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] dolphin | Reporter: | Ivo Anjo <ivo> |
| Component: | view-engine: general | Assignee: | Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | aspotashev, bugseforuns, bugzilla, elvis.angelaccio, finex, german.zuniga, givbra, haziest_pretax0m, hoperidesalone, kde, knecker, mabo, mcmailface, meven, mindinsomnia, mirza.dervisevic, mrcnroberts, mstone117, mustaqim, nate, neocrust, octavio, p2l, zeeshanali93 |
| Priority: | VHI | ||
| Version: | 16.12.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | openSUSE | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
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Description
Ivo Anjo
2008-08-18 22:43:11 UTC
Moreover saving should be enabled by default. @Ivo and Finex: Could you please explain me your usecases where you need different icon sizes per directory? The reason for my question is the following: In Dolphin different sizes are already supported in the icons-view, dependent on whether the preview is turned on or turned off. So per default if the preview is turned off, an icon size of 32x32 pixels is used. If the preview is turned on, the icon size is increased to 64x64 per default. For sure both values are configurable (at least globally, not per directory). In my environment I use the icon view as default view without previews. For my pictures folder I've turned on the preview and an increased size is used. I personally cannot imagine a usecase, whether I want one image folder having a preview size of 64x64 and another image-folder with a preview size of 128x128 pixels... In Dolphin for KDE 4.2 the different sizes for icons + previews are now also supported in the details view and column view for consistency reasons. Some concerns from my side to your request: If the icon size is remembered for each directory individually, it will be applied to each view mode. This means if the icon size is set to 64x64 pixels and you'll switch from the icons view to the details view, it will also be 64x64 pixels in the details view. Is this the wanted behavior from your point of view? My use-case is basically: I like having previews in my home directory, and some other work directories, but I don't want huge icons for those, because normally I know those files, the previews serve mostly as visual cues to help select them faster. Also, you are right. My request was thinking about the icon view only, so it should be for each directory and for each view, or just for the icon view, since I don't know if it really makes that much sense to apply this to other view modes. Another use case, related to my wish in Bug #147717 , is that I used to include .directory files for konqueror on some of my picture cd's/dvd's so that when opened in konqueror in any pc, I would automatically get big thumbnails, regardless of the configuration on that pc. This could work the same way with dolphin, regardless of local dolphin settings. *** Bug 206400 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** IMHO dolphin should either treat the icon size set via the slider as completely temporary (when I leave the folder where I set the size via the slider it falls back to size as in the settings) or it should treat it as override for the settings size but just for this one folder. Either if it's remembered or not, when I leave the folder where I used the slider I want to go back to normal icon size, the slider shouldn't affect the size of the icons in any other folder. (In reply to comment #5) > IMHO dolphin should either treat the icon size set via the slider as completely > temporary (when I leave the folder where I set the size via the slider it falls > back to size as in the settings) or it should treat it as override for the > settings size but just for this one folder. Either if it's remembered or not, > when I leave the folder where I used the slider I want to go back to normal > icon size, the slider shouldn't affect the size of the icons in any other > folder. Yeah, I agree that either of these options would be better than how it is currently done, where you zoom in to temporarily see something, and that setting is saved and used for other directories. *** Bug 211263 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 272419 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719 Any news? (In reply to comment #10) > Any news? Obviously not ;-) (In reply to comment #5) > IMHO dolphin should either treat the icon size set via the slider as > completely temporary (when I leave the folder where I set the size via the > slider it falls back to size as in the settings) or it should treat it as > override for the settings size but just for this one folder. Either if it's > remembered or not, when I leave the folder where I used the slider I want to > go back to normal icon size, the slider shouldn't affect the size of the > icons in any other folder. The icon size set via the slider and the icon size set in the settings are always in sync. Changing that would most likely seriously affect the workflows that many users got used to. I must say that I share Peter's concerns and that I'm afraid that any such behaviour change might be useful for some users, but annoying for others. Therefore, I'm very sceptical about this request. (in reply to comment #5 and comment #11) For me this over 3 years old comment is obsolete... I got used to the way the slider works, Nonetheless it would be nice if I could set a specific icon size for certain folders. E.g. in picture only folders it'd be nice to have a bigger preview than in other folders. And that's the only usecase I can imagine for me. Every other usecase can be achieved with another view instead of icon view. *** Bug 318796 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** It would be great if at least the search view wouldn't always use Details view with no previews. I have previews enabled *everywhere* but when searching it turns them off?! (In reply to comment #14) > It would be great if at least the search view wouldn't always use Details > view with no previews. I have previews enabled *everywhere* but when > searching it turns them off?! It would be great if you would not post off-topic things here (I don't see any connection between your observation and the icon size). But while we're at it: if you really have previews enabled *everywhere*, then you are probably using "Use common view properties for all folders". With that setting enabled, starting a search does not change the view properties for me. If, OTOH, you have not disabled that setting, and you have never enabled previews while searching, then I would say that you do not have previews enabled *everywhere*. However, if you do enable previews in a search once, this setting should be remembered for future searches. If any of the above does not work for you, please file a new bug report and provide details that make the problem reproducible. Thanks. *** Bug 279589 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 378301 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** i also wish to have the ability to make individual folders have different zoom sizes in the icon preview. One setting for all folders just doesn't work . You can customise pretty much everything else, why not this? I'd like to add myself to the list of folks who would like this. To give an example of a user case. I'm a graphic designer. I have some folders with photos and 3D renders, which I would like very large thumbnail icons for so I can see at a glance what is in them when selecting a file. I have other folders with SVG icons I use for UI design, and I don't need those to have 256x256 resolution thumbnails. I find myself almost constantly changing the zoom level with every folder, and changing it to the same sizes for each folders because the zoom level isn't remembered. At least an option to save zoom level per folder would drastically improve my experience using Dolphin. Just adding a further comment: Dolphin already has the capacity to save per directory settings for view, for example this is what one .directory file looks like for me: [Dolphin] SortOrder=1 SortRole=modificationtime Timestamp=2021,9,2,11,42,1.22 Version=4 [Settings] HiddenFilesShown=true All that would need to be added is some value like 'Zoom' with the pixel zoom level, eg: Zoom=64 Added my vote to this. In a modern desktop environment it's expected functionality (in my humble opinion). Added my vote for this. Very useful for images folders *** Bug 408617 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 413779 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 421149 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 422794 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** The trick here, is then either: * zoom would not follow you, as your browse your folders (a default zoom would apply for any folder without a zoom level). Currently zoom follows you as you browse * The current zoom level would be set to any folder visited after you have set a zoom level in a folder. I think the first option would be more popular. |