Bug 211729

Summary:	.desktop icons should thumbnail by icon rather than file contents
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kio	Reporter:	David Benjamin <davidben>
Component:	thumbnail	Assignee:	Malte Starostik <malte>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bugzilla, de.meyer.maarten
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description David Benjamin 2009-10-25 02:32:48 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

If you view a .desktop file in Dolphin, it previews as the file contents. When the file represents a launcher, a preview of the icon is much more accurate.

For instance, visit applications:/Internet and mouse over an application. The displayed preview is the contents of the .desktop file, which seems suboptimal.

Comment 1 Janet 2010-02-07 13:13:41 UTC

When I see an icon in the preview I assume that the file is either a picture or a folder. No, I wouldn't want text files to be shown as appliaciton icons in the preview, I like that it shows the text. One advantage is that you can see on-the-fly the name of the command and the name of the icon without having to open the file in a text editor. But how about showing both? By now the text file preview also shows the icon of a gear when it's a launcher. This maybe could be replaced by the icon specified in the text file.

Comment 2 Maarten De Meyer 2013-05-07 23:31:12 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 220330 ***