Version: (using KDE 4.3.5) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages Coming from konqueror in kde 3.x series I found a very important feature missing related to file management. In konqueror you can add entries to the left bar wired to folders, so every time you click on one it acts like a "place" in dolphin, that is, you go to this folder AND (very important this part) your treeview is linked to this folder, that is, this folder becomes the root of the treeview. It really helps, because many times you don't really need to have the whole tree visible, it only forces you to scroll again and again. What if you get out of this subtree, for example by going up in the filesystem tree? Then both treeview and folder view are outdated, no problem imho. So, what about dolphin? why can't we have something similar to this? Take a look at this post, and more precisely look at the screenshots i've posted of a java file chooser i did program some time ago (the first one is enough): http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php?mode=idea&i=38950 As you can see there is a place pointing to a folder called "Descargas" (downloads in spanish jeje), and once you select it the treeview only shows this part of the tree. What if temporary you don't need both view to be wired? Then add a wiring-enable checkbox in the treeview, so you can switch it on and off in real time. If it's off then it should work the way it does now, that is, the whole tree should be visible. In the end you only need to remember the "last selected place", that's it. What do you think? Here you can see a example of the way konqueror looks in my kde 3.5.x machine. Look at my left side, where i have almost all the "places" that i need, and this feature help me a lot: http://www.imagegratis.com/hosting/uploads/6a84e17fe5.jpg Thanks and regards
Well, i just wanted to simplify the idea posted in: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150941 I didn't want to reopen a closed entry, but i know this is partially a duplicate of that one. Regards
A few more tips: - This treeview/places relation makes no sense if the places panel is hidden, obviously. So hiding the places panel should uncheck the checkbox and also disable it. If places are turned on the checkbox should be enabled, but can keep unchecked. - What about dolphin's startup? There is no need to keep track of the last time dolphin was used, because in some situations (maybe manual modification of the init script, for example) that may require extra control efforts. So.. the easiest way is having the checkbox unchecked by default at startup (again also disabled if places panel is off). In the end it's quite simple to switch it on again, you don't need to change anything at the options window (no extra step required). There is a situation where things can go wrong: you have the relation enabled, and maybe the root folder (root for the current place) is removed from outside (or renamed, nevermind). Then the checkbox should be unchecked, and the full tree should be visible again. I think it's something simple, and shouldn't be a common case. In general i don't know how the treeview handles changes in the tree structure, but here it's the same, considering you are applying it to a subset of the full tree. Regards
looks interesting
If i'm not wrong in 4.4.2 the "closest" path to current folder is highlighted in the places panel, so internally some related stuff seems to be already running
Another solution: If you don't want to use the closest place as root of the tree (for me it's the best solution) you can add a replacement to both places and treeview, merging both in one the same way it's implemented in gwenview. Well, not exactly the same, i prefer the way dolphin hides the places created automatically from the mount points as long as are "covered" by other places (if a drive is in /mnt/drive and you have a place pointing to /mnt/drive/folder then the first is hidden until you navigate exactly to this root folder). Regards
Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719
It's hard to tell exactly, but I *think* this is no longer an issue with the latest Dolphin. I tried 17.08. Please feel free to comment if it's not resolved to your satisfaction in that version.
Right now I'm still using kubuntu 16.04 and my Dolphin version is older, so I can't try. However, the point is quite simple. As long as this "issue" has been solved at the treeview panel and not at the main panel (with all the expandable trees stuff), for me it's ok. The main goal is very simple, keep using the treeview while reducing its contents as much as possible in order to make it more useful. Can you provide some screenshots to see how it works in the latest versions? All the images I've found are way too general and don't show any details about this point. Regards
Ok, now that i'm using 18.04 i've seen how it works. For some reason this "link" only works with the initial folder you've set at preferences (hides all the tree above this initial folder, which might have nothing to do with your places), but for me that's good enough. I have a set of partitions mounted on /mnt/XXX, and if i use /mnt as this initial folder, the behaviour is the expected. Regards