In every folder, the first thing I do is enable file-previews. There should be an option for automatically enabling previews. It would greatly improve the software. Reproducible: Always
Can you not: View -> Adjust View Properties - Show Preview - Use these view properties as default
(In reply to Paul from comment #1) > Can you not: > View -> Adjust View Properties > - Show Preview > - Use these view properties as default Oh, I see. This technically works, yes. But I'm not sure if this is too hard to find or not. I've been using Linux as a programmer for 10 years now, but I haven't found this myself. I believe it would be better to put this option to a more "prominent" place or even enable previews by default (is there anything speaking against this?). But then again, thanks, you've solved my problems and made my personal linux-experience a bit better.
(In reply to kono93 from comment #2) > ... > I haven't found this myself. I believe it would be better to put this option > to a more "prominent" place or even enable previews by default (is there > anything speaking against this?). > ... I'm just a user like yourself. You'll have to see what the Developers or Usability people have to say :)
(In reply to Paul from comment #1) > Can you not: > View -> Adjust View Properties > - Show Preview > - Use these view properties as default Alternatively, enable "Use common properties for all folders" in the Settings dialog, and enable Previews just once. They will then be shown everywhere. (In reply to Paul from comment #3) > I'm just a user like yourself. You'll have to see what the Developers or > Usability people have to say :) My personal opinion is that adding such an option would cause too much confusion because we already have a mechanism that makes it possible to use the same view properties everywhere. Adding some special-case handling for a particular view property would cause inconsistencies. And then others might ask if we could also add special options for other view properties, like, e.g., the view mode. And then, as usually when people request new options, we have to ask if the possible benefit is really large enough to justify the increased UI complexity, the additional code paths (which will most likely cause new bugs) and the increased maintenance burden in the future.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 338492 ***