Bug 91262

Summary:	Wish: Short delay before generating KFileDialog previews
Product:	[Unmaintained] kfile	Reporter:	Dik Takken <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Dik Takken 2004-10-13 20:50:13 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
OS:                Linux

When I use KFileDialog to quickly select an MPEG file, I often have to wait for the preview process to get going. What happens is that after selecting a MPEG file, my box immediately gets a high workload because the embedded media player is loaded. I can't confirm my selection until the preview process has loaded all it's stuff. Really annoying if you're not interested in any preview.

I would suggest waiting one second before starting the preview process, which will make really quick file selection possible. As soon as the user waits longer than one second, we can assume the user isn't in a hurry and load the previewer. 

Note that the user should not need to wait one second for every single file that is selected, which would be even more annoying than current behavior. Once the preview process is running, every selected file should be previewed instantly, until the KFileDialog is closed.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2009-08-27 02:35:53 UTC

Moving from "kio/kfile" component to "kfile" product, helps sorting out duplicates.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2018-04-11 20:13:54 UTC

Not a problem in KDE Framework 5 and after 14 years' worth of hardware improvements!