Bug 109016 - Show application descriptions in "Open With" dialogs
Summary: Show application descriptions in "Open With" dialogs
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Faure
URL:
Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-07-13 08:49 UTC by William Kendrick
Modified: 2020-03-28 17:42 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description William Kendrick 2005-07-13 08:49:16 UTC
Version:           3.4.1 (using KDE 3.4.1, Debian Package 4:3.4.1-1 (3.1))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-5)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-2-686

When Control Center->Panels->Menus->"Menu item format" is set to "Name (Description)" or "Description (Name)", this naming convention should be used in "Open With" dialogs.

In other words, if I see "Kaffeine (Media Player)" in the K->Multimedia menu, I should also see that in the "Open With" submenu when right-clicking a video file on my desktop or in Konqueror file manager.  The same for the "Open with" dialog window that appears when double-clicking unknown file types, or when selecting "Open With->Other..." when right-clicking a file.
Comment 1 William Kendrick 2005-07-13 08:49:31 UTC
(Thinking about it, the "Menu item format" preference really makes little sense being in "Panels->Menus", but perhaps that's another bug to report. ;^) )
Comment 2 Simone Gaiarin 2018-04-19 08:32:09 UTC
This setting is now managed per-widget (i.e. KMenu and Dashboard menu may have different settings for example).

Where should "Open with" read the setting from?
Comment 3 Ahmad Samir 2020-03-28 11:35:27 UTC
Git commit f5d5390f32d2d9ba9c88f6c3c4a5cbc4bf34142a by Ahmad Samir.
Committed on 28/03/2020 at 11:35.
Pushed by ahmadsamir into branch 'master'.

[KOpenWithDialog] Add generic name from .desktop files as a tooltip

Summary:
Extend the current setup by adding a tooltip based on the generic name
entry from the .desktop files.

This is especially useful for new users who don't know what each application
in the list can be used for.

Test Plan:
make && ctest
And a quick test of the openwith dialog, a tooltip is displayed for
most entries.

Reviewers: #frameworks, dfaure

Reviewed By: dfaure

Subscribers: kde-frameworks-devel

Tags: #frameworks

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D28371

M  +13   -0    src/widgets/kopenwithdialog.cpp

https://commits.kde.org/kio/f5d5390f32d2d9ba9c88f6c3c4a5cbc4bf34142a
Comment 4 Ahmad Samir 2020-03-28 15:42:48 UTC
The above commit doesn't exactly fix this bug, but I didn't want to clutter the view in the openwith dialog (and also not irk experienced users who already know what each app does).

I'll close this report. Feel free to reopen it if you disagree.
Comment 5 William Kendrick 2020-03-28 17:42:36 UTC
Thanks! :)