Version: unknown (using KDE 3.4.1, compiled sources) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.5 OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.11.7 I wish that KDE display and show files/folders in case *insensitively* in all possible dialogs and areas, so that finding files and folders become easy and not a nightmare. Please allow case insensitive approach also for displaying of files and folders in: 1. select/choose folder dialog (like add folder... dialog in juk) 2. auto-completion (as in open/save dialogs) 3. File open/save dialog shortcuts are not case sensitive. Scenario with File Open/Save Dialog: ------------------------------- 1. open konsole and create 2 files 2. say /tmp/File.txt /tmp/file.txt 3. now open kwrite or any text editor 4. goto File->open (file open dialog appears) 5. click in the location field and type "/tmp/f" (small case f and nothing more) 6. what do you get in the drop down list? only "/tmp/file.txt" 7. How do we get the '/tmp/File.txt' ? by typing "/tmp/F" (observe capital F). 8. Again capital F won't show 'small f' list i.e., /tmp/file.txt. So, finding files is very difficult and a user has to type 2 times to get a single file in file open dialog. Expected Behavior: ================== 1. When a user types /tmp/f 2. then it should show both /tmp/file.txt and /tmp/File.txt in the drop down list. This will remove the "nightmare" of the fear of loss of a file. In konqueror the selection shifts case-insensitively, if we have 10 files F1.txt f2.txt F3.txt F4.txt etc., just by pressing 'f' key the selection/highlight shifts to different file. which is the expected behavior. Suppose you have few case sensitive files and few case sensitive folders, e.g., files : aaa.txt AAA.txt BBB.txt bbb.txt ZZZ.txt zzz.txt folders: ABC abc XYZ xyz PQR pqr The folders and files are shown like this: case sensitive approach, not human! ============================================ //first folders weirdly arraged ABC PQR XYZ abc pqr xyz //then files AAA.txt BBB.txt ZZZ.txt aaa.txt bbb.txt zzz.txt ============================================ It should be shown like this: Human Approach ============================================ ABC abc <== these are folders PQR pqr XYZ xyz AAA.txt aaa.txt BBB.txt <== these are files bbb.txt ZZZ.txt zzz.txt ============================================ As the number of files grow, Sorted files and folders are easier to find in the "case-insensitive" way. Whereas "Case-SeNSitive" causes confusion and dis-orientation. As you can see that case insensitive-ness is neat and more like human way of showing things. Thanks. Summary: ======== 1. the "Text Completion" needs Case-Insensitive option. 2. The "Select" or "Choose Folder" like in Juk's "add folder..." dialog must also have *case-insensitive* option 3. The sidebar in file open/save dialog must be case-insensitive too.
>3. File open/save dialog shortcuts are not case sensitive. it should be "Shorcuts ARE case SeNsiTive!" on the sidebar of open/save dialog.
Created attachment 11671 [details] Please observe the "ABC" and "XYZ" before other folders Please also observe the Sidebar in the dialog: "ktouch" must be before "Work" but is not.
> 1. select/choose folder dialog (like add folder... dialog in juk) > 3. File open/save dialog shortcuts are not case sensitive. This is both already possible: click on the Configure button in the Open/Save dialog and look for the option in the Sort submenu. Although there is no such button in the "Choose folder" dialog, the setting seems to be also applied to these dialogs. > 2. auto-completion (as in open/save dialogs) This whish still remains unfulfilled.
Natural sorting is available on KDE 4 for both dolphin file management and for open/save dialog too.
This has been fixed for ages now.