Bug 382669

Summary:	Enable previews on remote folders
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Gregor Mi <codestruct>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	elvis.angelaccio
Priority:	NOR
Version:	17.03.80
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Gregor Mi 2017-07-24 18:13:42 UTC

Hi,

I am not sure if it is a bug or intentional (maybe due to performance reasons).

CURRENT: If I enable the image Preview on an WebDAV folder (e.g. webdavs://oc-aaa-bbb.de/remote.php/dav/files/user1/photo-test/) there is no image preview (nor a message that says that image previews are not working)

WISH: Image Preview should work on WebDAV folders.

Comment 1 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-07-24 20:41:12 UTC

Previews of remote files are disabled by default, you can enable them in Settings -> General -> Previews.

Maybe nowadays this could be reconsidered though. Or maybe the Preview action should have a tooltip explaining why the previews are not working on remote folders.

Comment 2 Gregor Mi 2017-07-27 13:30:59 UTC

Ok, found it. Thanks)

Maybe as a simple action, the default skip value could be increased from 0 to 1 MB.

Why is the preview of remote files disabled by default? To save the user's bandwidth? I wonder because currently, the Preview of all files is disabled by default. So, the user has to deliberately enable the Preview by clicking the toolbar button. On a remote folder the user would quickly realize that Preview is slow for large files when previews are generated slowly.

In general, I would find it helpful if it was clearly visible - e.g. at least in the status bar) if a folder is not a local one but a remote one. Somewhere near this hint could be a hint that previews are slow (or not working) and a link to the setting of enabling/disabling previews for remote locations.