Bug 179664

Summary:	Wish: Reintroduce optional sidebar as in Gwenview 1.4
Product:	[Applications] gwenview	Reporter:	Andrew Clapperton <andrew_clapperton>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Gwenview Bugs <gwenview-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Slackware
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Andrew Clapperton 2009-01-04 23:43:24 UTC

Version:           2.1.3 (using KDE 4.1.3)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Slackware Packages

The main reason I started using the KDE3 version of Gwenview was that I found the interface the most intuitive and  at the same time powerful of all the KDE image viewers. The KDE 4 version hasd done away with this interface and replaced it with one I find totally alien. 

While the thumbnail bar replaces one  of the functions of the sidebar, every time I try to use Gwenview in KDE 4.1.3, I find the lack of the easily accessible directory listing in the sidebar to be a hindrance. I also personally prefer the thumbnails in the main window and preview in the sidebar.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could reintrocuce the sidebar as an option. 

While I realise there are other programs, like gqview, with similar behavior to this that I could use, I would rather use Gwenview when in KDE.

Comment 1 Andrew Clapperton 2009-01-05 00:16:23 UTC

I forgot to mention why I find the directory tree in the old sidebar so useful. I keep images in 3 main locations, ~/graphics, /ntfs/graphics and /fat32/graphics as I dual boot with WinXP and dabble in computer graphics as a hobby.
I also realise this is a cumbersome directory structure.

In the KDE3 version of Gwenview, changing from ~/graphics to /ntfs/graphics would just involve navigating the directory tree in the sidebar.

In Gwenview 4.1.3, It is at least 2 extra mouse clicks, clicking the "Start Page" icon, and if haven't the directory isn't in the recent directories list, click the "Root" icon and then navigating to it. I find it very distracting having to leave the "Browse" or "View" views/windows to navigate to a different directory.

Thinking about it, a recently used directories list in the sidebar in the "View" and "Browse" views/windows as well as the "Home" view would go a long way to ease this.

Comment 2 Aurelien Gateau 2009-01-05 09:45:39 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 173850 ***