Bug 448978 - Make the View Mode button cycle through the three icon view modes rather than use a drop-down menu
Summary: Make the View Mode button cycle through the three icon view modes rather than...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 20.12.2
Platform: Debian stable Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2022-01-22 21:18 UTC by Philip Murray
Modified: 2022-08-01 21:02 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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existing 'View mode' button (31.26 KB, image/png)
2022-01-22 21:18 UTC, Philip Murray
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Description Philip Murray 2022-01-22 21:18:16 UTC
Created attachment 145776 [details]
existing 'View mode' button

By default Dolphin shows 3 separate buttons for the three view modes: Icons, Compact, Detail.

I find the images on these buttons a bit unclear, particularly for the Compact & Detail view buttons. I suspect people learn which button relates to which mode via the position of the button rather than the image on it. Hence, I thought an alternative would be to have a single button that would cycle through the 3 modes.

There is currently a  'View Mode' button available in the toolbar configuration screen. When it is added & the button is clicked it displays a small drop-down menu with the above 3 view modes with radio buttons (screenshot attached).

My idea is to make this button cycle through the three modes upon pressing it rather than use the drop-down menu. There are only 3 available modes to cycle through hence it would probably be a quicker to use it & people would learn the cycle.

Thanks.
Comment 1 Philip Murray 2022-06-07 11:47:20 UTC
Is submitting bugs a "NOR wishlist" a bad idea? This isn't an important bug/feature request, but I'm not sure if by setting it as 'NOR Wishlist' that nobody will ever comment on it. Should I be setting them to something else? I've got another few bugs I've similarly set as NOR Wishlist that haven't had a response yet. None of them are significant though, so it fine if they're bottom of the to-do list basically. Thanks.   :^)