Bug 416209

Summary: Make columns optionally manually resizable, like in Dolphin
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio Reporter: postix <postix>
Component: Open/save dialogsAssignee: KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: bugseforuns, kdelibs-bugs-null, nate, postix
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: 5.66.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description postix 2020-01-13 16:55:24 UTC
Currently columns have fixed width, which depend only on the size of the dialog window with. It would be very convenient if they behave like in Dolphin.
Comment 1 postix 2020-01-13 16:56:00 UTC
Which also includes reordering them by drag and drop.
Comment 2 postix 2020-01-13 16:56:34 UTC
And adding or removing different columns via the context menu.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-01-13 21:52:59 UTC
One request per bug report please. :)

Can you explain why you would want to resize a column in the file dialog? Why not just make the whole window a bit bigger or smaller?
Comment 4 postix 2020-01-13 22:26:42 UTC
> One request per bug report please. :)

You are right, but after I published the bug report, I did a cross check for functionality, which I know from Dolphin and I expected to find in the FileDialog too due to the same UI elements. :)

> Can you explain why you would want to resize a column in the file dialog? 
> Why not just make the whole window a bit bigger or smaller?

In the first place due to:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416208

Just as Dolphin has its bug with truncated filenames due to small column widths.

Secondly, because making the dialog bigger or even maximizing it to view the whole name, when using the maximum zoom, felt more like a workaround to me.

Thirdly, because of what I mentioned in the beginning of this reply: Consistency.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2020-01-14 02:50:13 UTC
Thanks.