Mick wrote: > 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? >
I have the same problem as the OP and I do have it set to show previews. I always figured this was a bug and would be fixed at some point but it sure has been a while since it worked. Dale :-) :-)
