Bug 175330 - True "compact view"-- not fixed spacing as in Icon view
Summary: True "compact view"-- not fixed spacing as in Icon view
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: view-engine: icons mode (show other bugs)
Version: 16.12.2
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Penz
URL:
Keywords:
: 205143 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2008-11-16 21:07 UTC by Jeff Dooley
Modified: 2011-12-16 23:23 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 4.8.0
Sentry Crash Report:


Attachments
compact view (KDE 4.2) (72.19 KB, image/png)
2008-11-17 08:10 UTC, Peter Penz
Details
Variable Column Spacing in MS Windows Explorer (117.03 KB, image/png)
2008-11-17 17:19 UTC, Jeff Dooley
Details
correct behavior in "File-> Open..." (204.94 KB, image/png)
2009-01-31 05:56 UTC, Jeff Dooley
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Description Jeff Dooley 2008-11-16 21:07:07 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

This is a similar request to Bug 165367, where ideally the behavior would mimic MS Windows List view, Gnome's new compact view, or even a bash ls command.

Column spacing is not positioned on a fixed length grid, but max filename length dictates column width. Columns are tighter for shorter filenames, and adjust automatically longer for longer filenames.

Thanks so much, though, for an overall stellar app!
Comment 1 Peter Penz 2008-11-17 08:07:21 UTC
Thanks for the feature request, but I'm a little bit unsure whether I understood your needs: AFAIK MS Windows List View, Gnome's compact view and the ls command don't adjust the width of the columns dynamically in the "compact view". I've attached a screenshot of Dolphin for KDE 4.2 - is that what you need?
Comment 2 Peter Penz 2008-11-17 08:10:06 UTC
Created attachment 28625 [details]
compact view (KDE 4.2)
Comment 3 Jeff Dooley 2008-11-17 17:19:51 UTC
Created attachment 28636 [details]
Variable Column Spacing in MS Windows Explorer

This screen capture shows 2 different directories in MS Windows "List View." Explorer sets the column spacing dynamically where directories with long file names receive wide columns, and short file names receive short columns.
Comment 4 Peter Penz 2008-11-17 18:27:28 UTC
Thanks for the screenshot, I understood :-)
Comment 5 Jeff Dooley 2009-01-31 05:56:37 UTC
Created attachment 30765 [details]
correct behavior in "File-> Open..."

Now that I'm loving KDE4 full time in 4.2, I've come to realize that the "File-> Open..." dialog boxes behave as expected. That's exactly what I'm looking for in Dolphin. THANKS!!
Comment 6 FiNeX 2009-09-26 21:13:38 UTC
*** Bug 205143 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***