Bug 78358

Summary:	file extension column / category in [ File Chooser \| Save As ] dialogs addition request
Product:	[Unmaintained] kfile	Reporter:	Aaron Peterson <alpeterson>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Developers <konq-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	finex
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
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Description Aaron Peterson 2004-03-24 08:38:45 UTC

Version:           3.2.1 (using KDE KDE 3.2.1)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
OS:          Linux

The addition of an "Extension" or "Type" column, similar to windows explorer has, that can help sort files by type.  Expesially usefull in File Chooser type dialogs, but no reason not to have it in "save as" dialogs either.


Even though unix doesn't traditionally require file extensions,  they are a usefull tool that provides an alternate means of locating a file.

This may already be "available" but there is no obvious way to add columns  to the file dialog.

Comment 1 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2007-11-13 11:07:22 UTC

  Generally for KDE the 'file type' columnm should serve the purpose the file extension does under Windows. Bug 152241 contains a proposal how to difference by extension in addition to differencing and sorting merely by mime type. That should generally be preferred over adding another column that provides a similar and concurring sort order.

Comment 2 FiNeX 2009-09-16 21:28:12 UTC

That column is hidden in KDE4 (default config).