Bug 236746

Summary:	Disable thumbnail preview for folders
Product:	[Applications] gwenview	Reporter:	RalphB <pub>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Gwenview Bugs <gwenview-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	andrew.crouthamel, chauhan.anirudh07, pub, purslow
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description RalphB 2010-05-07 20:09:29 UTC

Version:           2.4.2 (using 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.32-22-generic

When in browse mode, Gwenview displays some thumbnails attached to folder icons. While this looks cute, it can also be a privacy issue, e.g., at presentations, since Gwenview shows images from folders that one does not want to present.

Please add an configuration option to disable thumbnail previews for folders.

(Because of the privacy implications this is submitted as "bug" instead of "wishlist".)

Comment 1 Jekyll Wu 2011-12-15 16:41:11 UTC

[from bug 230293]

Gwenview 4.4.1 introduces a display of <= 4 thumbnails on the folder icon in
the folder list.  This is a distraction, which makes it more difficult to
select a folder.

There should be a configuration option to suppress these thumbnails.
It would also be better for those who want such thumbnails
to allow them to choose one which represents for them the content of the
folder.

Both of these changes should not be difficult to program.

Comment 2 Jekyll Wu 2011-12-15 16:41:19 UTC

*** Bug 230293 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Anirudh 2012-01-05 13:32:25 UTC

I am not pretty sure but Bug 173850 looks a lot similar to me

Comment 4 RalphB 2012-01-05 13:43:54 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> I am not pretty sure but Bug 173850 looks a lot similar to me

No, it's not, read comment #6.

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-09 00:59:11 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 6 Philip Webb 2018-11-09 02:03:01 UTC

I believe I did find these thumbnails distracting at first,
but got used to them long ago, so have no problem today.
Someone else mentioned privacy, but that doesn't affect me.

By all means, close it.

Comment 7 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-09 03:39:11 UTC

Thanks for the update!

Comment 8 RalphB 2018-11-09 09:00:49 UTC

Except that he isn't the bug submitter.

But yes, it's no longer an issue for me.