| Summary: | Option in the file picker to open image | ||
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| Product: | [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio | Reporter: | manuelchaves |
| Component: | Open/save dialogs | Assignee: | KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | a.samirh78, kdelibs-bugs, kfm-devel, nate |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/commit/ceb192629f41838bad9acc586b1ef7178fff9a8e | Version Fixed In: | 5.87 |
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Open in item context menu | ||
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Description
manuelchaves
2021-08-08 17:39:08 UTC
How about the inline preview? You can open it with the F11 key, or the relevant menu item in the settings menu (accessible from the configure button in the top-right corner of the window). >How about the inline preview?
The problem with the inline preview is that it's not enough some times. For instance what if you need to check a small detail that requires some zooming-in to inspect (since it's important to upload the correct file), is the inline preview enough? Would adding this make the file picker more complex? Seems it's a matter of checking the file type and showing or not showing the Open option to open with the associated program. I just think it's a worthy addition, which has already been implemented in other DE's (like Windows).
All right, so basically what you want is macOS's Quick Look functionality, but built into the file browser (as theirs is). Created attachment 140672 [details]
Open in item context menu
Quick Look seems to involve separate preview programs for each file type. That's not exactly what I meant, that would be more complicated as each preview type would have to be implemented. What I mean was just a menu entry in the _FILE PICKER_ items context menus to open the file with their associated program. See attached image ^^ It sort of makes sense in the situations of picking a file to attach to a mail or a bugzilla report or to upload to some web service. On the other hand, it sounds weird to have an "open with" menu in the open file dialogue.... A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/merge_requests/552 Git commit ceb192629f41838bad9acc586b1ef7178fff9a8e by Ahmad Samir. Committed on 19/09/2021 at 18:38. Pushed by ahmadsamir into branch 'master'. KDirOperator: provide an option to enable showing open-with item actions The use case here is KFileWidget, even though it sounds weird to add open-with actions to the open file dialog, it still makes sense if you're uploading an image to some web site, while picking the image you may want to open it in a full-fledged viewer; another example, when uploading/attaching a text file to a bug report or mail client composer, you may want to check the contents of the file. This is more intuitive than 'open containing folder' then opening the file. FIXED-IN: 5.87 M +48 -0 src/filewidgets/kdiroperator.cpp M +10 -0 src/filewidgets/kdiroperator.h M +1 -0 src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/commit/ceb192629f41838bad9acc586b1ef7178fff9a8e |