On Sunday 07 Jun 2015 13:03:05 Paul Klos wrote: > Op zondag 7 juni 2015 17:42:37 schreef Andrew Lowe: > > Hi all, > > > > Under KDE, which I use, when you go to move/copy a file and it > > > > already exists in the destination, you get a dialogue pop up with a > > heading of "File already exists", it says in the dialogue "Source" and > > "Destination" with the respective paths underneath then underneath that > > a big expanse of nothing then below that some stuff including the > > Overwrite/Skip/Cancel buttons. > > > > My question relate to the expanse of nothingness. For example, if I'm > > > > moving/copying image files, should there be a preview of the two files > > in this nothingness? Is there some USE flag I've stuffed up that has > > disabled this. This happens, in my experience with Dolphin and > > Gwenview, > > but I'm assuming they both use a standard Qt/KDE dialogue so others > > probably display this behaviour as well. > > > > Any thoughts, greatly appreciated, > > > > Andrew > > Hi Andrew, > > If I try to copy a file that already exists in the destination folder, I > do indeed get preview images and some metadata, not a vast expanse of > nothingness. > > For example, when copying a jpg the dialog shows thumbnails of the > source and the destination, and underneath each image the type, size, > width, height and the date it was last modified. > > Below that is an input field where an alternative name can be entered, > which presumably you still have. Finally there are the buttons. > > As for what triggers the presence/absence of the preview, I have no > idea. > > Paul
From what I recall, in a full KDE desktop you will see previews only if you have clicked on View/Previews to enable it. This will create loads of thumbnails of various files so that the preview can show these. Have you tried this? -- Regards, Mick
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