Created attachment 108355 [details] Artist, Album, Duration, and Track but no Genre for Main Panel's View Mode Dolphin lacks the option of Genre in Additional Data. I've taken screenshots so that you can understand my point. *I looked at Dolphin's Source Code and tried to hack it on my own but I'm still in the process of learning._. Metatadata appears on the Information Panel and it is of great help, unfortunately we need to hover over the files in order to view extended info, which doesn't help a lot when organizing/moving files by genre. It would be helpful having genre in the Main Panel also known as View Panel so that we can select multiple files with same genre. Select them and move them and move them to another directory.
Genre was added to the Additional Information menu in https://cgit.kde.org/dolphin.git/commit/?id=8be1e2aa07333ffbc4555f89e20461f580dc465c I can confirm that it works because I am using it in my Dolphin compiled from Git master. :) The commit was slightly too late to make it into KDE Applications 17.08, which you're using. But it should be available in 17.12!
Thank You I didn't know that, it will be a good addition to Dolphin!
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > Genre was added to the Additional Information menu in > https://cgit.kde.org/dolphin.git/commit/ > ?id=8be1e2aa07333ffbc4555f89e20461f580dc465c > > I can confirm that it works because I am using it in my Dolphin compiled > from Git master. :) > > The commit was slightly too late to make it into KDE Applications 17.08, > which you're using. But it should be available in 17.12! Is there any way I can download and use Dolphin 17.12 or do I have to wait until the official release of 17.12?
It all depends on how your distro packages KDE software, so this is a question for them. Regardless, you can always build it from source.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4) > It all depends on how your distro packages KDE software, so this is a > question for them. Regardless, you can always build it from source. You should upload a video tutorial on how to change Genre from Source Code. If I can do Dolphin then I could do tweak other Free Source Apps. Reading can sometimes be confusing because simple things as renaming dependencies, learning other things, and using new software is hard to understand when I'm just a DIY learner. Ever since Kubuntu-12 I wanted to change this little nuisance. I never had the time, but now I think watching videos has helped me a lot.
(In reply to Xeno Idaltu from comment #5) > (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4) > > It all depends on how your distro packages KDE software, so this is a > > question for them. Regardless, you can always build it from source. > > > You should upload a video tutorial on how to change Genre from Source Code. > If I can do Dolphin then I could tweak other Free Source Apps. Reading > can sometimes be confusing because simple things as renaming dependencies, > learning other things, and using new software is hard to understand when I'm > just a DIY learner. > > Ever since Kubuntu-12 I wanted to change this little nuisance. I never had > the time, but now I think watching videos has helped me a lot.
Building from source in principle isn't too hard. 1. get dependency packages `apt build-dep dolphin` (in Ubuntu/Debian-based distros) 2. Clone Dolphin repo locally: `git clone git://anongit.kde.org/dolphin.git` 3. Build it: `cd dolphin && cmake . && make && sudo make install There are many ways this can go wrong, and if that happens, you should head over to the KDE forum or another online support resource, as that's not what this bug tracker is for. Since you're a DIY kind of guy, why don't you make the video yourself once you've managed to build it from source? ;)