Hello, One uset from polish archlinux forum advice me to install pacakge kdebase- plasma and that solves this problem. Now I have this folder view again. Thanks for Your answears :)
----------------------- Sławek Kapłoński sla...@kaplonski.pl Dnia wtorek, 1 października 2013 21:13:14 Sławek Kapłoński pisze: > Hello, > > First of all thanks for Your answears. I was thinking that it should be > still available but I really can't find it in Archlinux. I was searching > with pacman and also on page: > https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?page=1&sort=&repo=Community&repo=Communi > ty-Testing&repo=Core&repo=Extra&repo=Multilib&repo=Multilib-Testing&repo=Tes > ting&maintainer=&q=kdeplasma&arch=any&arch=i686&arch=x86_64&flagged= but > there if no any package with name "folderview" or something similiar. It's > really strange for me :/ > Duncan thanks for alternatives - I will try to install something what You > was describe me :) > > ----------------------- > Sławek Kapłoński > sla...@kaplonski.pl > > Dnia poniedziałek, 30 września 2013 01:39:49 Duncan pisze: > > Myriam Schweingruber posted on Sun, 29 Sep 2013 16:07:09 +0200 as > > > > excerpted: > > > Hi Sławek, > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Sławek Kapłoński <sla...@kaplonski.pl> > > > > > > wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> I' using Archlinux and few days ago I installed kde 4.11 (before that I > > >> has got xfce for some time). Now all is working fine but I can't find > > >> plasmoid which was called "folder view" (or something like that) in > > >> earlier versions of kde. Also in desktop preferences I don't see layout > > >> which was called "folder view". I was trying to install metapackage > > >> kdeplasma-addons but there is still no this plasmoid. > > >> So maybe someone of You will know - is it still available in kde 4.11? > > >> And if yes, maybe someone of You will know what package should I > > >> install in arch linux to have it. I know that it is not question > > >> directly to kde list but maybe someone of You will know that :) > > >> Thanks in advance for any info > > > > > > Of course it is still available. Are you sure you have all necessary KDE > > > workspace and Plasma packages installed? Sounds like you have some > > > elements missing in your installation. In particular: search for a > > > package called "plasma-widget-folderview" > > > > Confirming availability. Here on gentoo the package is plasma-apps > > (including more than that one plasmoid). At least, that's the package to > > which plasma_applet_folderview.so belongs... > > > > Meanwhile, there's another alternative on kde-look that might or might > > not be more useful for you, depending on your individual prefs and work > > style. It's called quick-access. There are two big differences in > > behavior. The first is that whether you put it on the desktop (where > > folderview spreads out in a frame) or on a panel (where it behaves more > > like quick-access), quick-access always appears as an icon, which when > > clicked opens to a menu of files/folders much like folderview does when > > it's placed on a panel. Second, unlike folderview with its single level > > only menu (clicking a directory opens it in your file manager), quick- > > access opens up directory submenus, allowing you to browse down beyond > > the first level before actually opening anything. There is however a > > button that allows opening the currently open directory menu to be opened > > in your file manager, so you have the choice of either browsing subdirs > > directly in the menu, or opening them in the file manager as folderview > > does. > > > > In most cases I prefer browsing down several levels before I open > > anything, so the quick-access behavior works better for me. > > Additionally, it's nice having just a single icon on the desktop, instead > > of the whole folderview frame. > > > > But of course quick-access won't work as a folderview desktop, since it's > > always just an icon. And if you prefer the directory frame or single- > > level menu to quick-access' behavior, you'll want to keep folderview as > > well. What's great about plasma is that it allows exactly this sort of > > flexibility and extensibility, so individuals can pick what works best > > for them. =:^) > > > > There's actually several variants of quickaccess available on kdelook, > > some updated for more current kde, some not. Here's the one that gentoo > > makes available in its package repository ATM. (There's a link in the > > description to the older version from which it forked after the older > > version sort of broke with the panel resizing feature of kde 4.5, and you > > can always search kdelook for more if you like; I think there's actually > > 3-5 variants available.) > > > > http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=134442 > > ___________________________________________________ > This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
