Bug 175330

Summary:	True "compact view"-- not fixed spacing as in Icon view
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Jeff Dooley <jfd5xte>
Component:	view-engine: icons mode	Assignee:	Peter Penz <peter.penz19>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	edwin
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	4.8.0
Attachments:	compact view (KDE 4.2) Variable Column Spacing in MS Windows Explorer correct behavior in "File-> Open..."

Description Jeff Dooley 2008-11-16 21:07:07 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

This is a similar request to Bug 165367, where ideally the behavior would mimic MS Windows List view, Gnome's new compact view, or even a bash ls command.

Column spacing is not positioned on a fixed length grid, but max filename length dictates column width. Columns are tighter for shorter filenames, and adjust automatically longer for longer filenames.

Thanks so much, though, for an overall stellar app!

Comment 1 Peter Penz 2008-11-17 08:07:21 UTC

Thanks for the feature request, but I'm a little bit unsure whether I understood your needs: AFAIK MS Windows List View, Gnome's compact view and the ls command don't adjust the width of the columns dynamically in the "compact view". I've attached a screenshot of Dolphin for KDE 4.2 - is that what you need?

Comment 2 Peter Penz 2008-11-17 08:10:06 UTC

Created attachment 28625 [details]
compact view (KDE 4.2)

Comment 3 Jeff Dooley 2008-11-17 17:19:51 UTC

Created attachment 28636 [details]
Variable Column Spacing in MS Windows Explorer

This screen capture shows 2 different directories in MS Windows "List View." Explorer sets the column spacing dynamically where directories with long file names receive wide columns, and short file names receive short columns.

Comment 4 Peter Penz 2008-11-17 18:27:28 UTC

Thanks for the screenshot, I understood :-)

Comment 5 Jeff Dooley 2009-01-31 05:56:37 UTC

Created attachment 30765 [details]
correct behavior in "File-> Open..."

Now that I'm loving KDE4 full time in 4.2, I've come to realize that the "File-> Open..." dialog boxes behave as expected. That's exactly what I'm looking for in Dolphin. THANKS!!

Comment 6 FiNeX 2009-09-26 21:13:38 UTC

*** Bug 205143 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***