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<bookinfo>
<title>The &dolphin; Handbook</title>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Peter</firstname>
<othername></othername>
<surname>Penz</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>peter.penz@gmx.at</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Orville</firstname>
<surname>Bennett</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>&Orville.Bennett.mail;</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<surname>Austin</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>tuxedup@users.sourceforge.net</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>David</firstname>
<surname>Edmundson</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>kde@davidedmundson.co.uk</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Alan</firstname>
<surname>Blanchflower</surname>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Frank</firstname>
<surname>Reininghaus</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>frank78ac@googlemail.com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>

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</authorgroup>

<copyright>
<year>2006</year>
<holder>Peter Penz</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
<year>2006</year>
<holder>&Orville.Bennett;</holder>
<holder>Michael Austin</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<holder>Frank Reininghaus</holder>
</copyright>

<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>

<date>2020-06-10</date>
<releaseinfo>Applications 20.08</releaseinfo>

<abstract>
<para>
&dolphin; is the default file manager by &kde;, designed with usability as a primary focus.
</para>
</abstract>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>Dolphin</keyword>
<keyword>Filemanager</keyword>
<keyword>file</keyword>
<keyword>management</keyword>
</keywordset>

</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>

<para>
&dolphin; is &plasma;'s default file manager. It aims to improve usability at the
user interface level. &dolphin; focuses only on being a file manager whereas
&konqueror;, which was &kde;'s default file manager in &kde; 3 and can still be
used for file management, is a universal viewer for many file types.
</para>

<para>
This design approach allows the developers to concentrate on optimizing the user
interface for the specific task of file management.
</para>

<para>
Please report any problems or feature requests to the &dolphin; author via the
bug report dialog. This is accessible either from the <guibutton>Control</guibutton> 
button at the right of the toolbar in the default mode without
menubar; or from <menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report Bug...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
menu of the application, if the menubar is shown.
</para>

</chapter>

<chapter id="using-dolphin">
<title>Using &dolphin;</title>

<sect1 id="dolphin-user-interface">
<title>&dolphin; User Interface</title>

<para>
The screenshot below shows &dolphin;'s default user interface:
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of &dolphin;'s default user interface</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="default-ui.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>&dolphin;'s default user interface.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>&dolphin;'s default user interface.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>
The elements of the default user interface are:

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
The toolbar, which can be used for quick access to frequently used actions. The
toolbar can be customized by clicking it with the &RMB; and choosing
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
from the context menu, with <guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem>
from the <guibutton>Control</guibutton> button at the 
right of the toolbar or via <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
from the main menu.
</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of &dolphin;'s toolbar</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="toolbar.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The default toolbar.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>
Toolbar items where the icon is sufficient for knowing the command do not have text
alongside the icons. This can be changed by a &RMB; click and selecting the item text 
below <guilabel>Show Text</guilabel>. The <guibutton>Control</guibutton> 
button at the right side of the toolbar is only displayed if the menubar is hidden.
</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</listitem>

<listitem><para>
The location bar, which always displays the path to the current folder. It can
be switched between two different modes, see the
<link linkend="location-bar">section on the location bar</link> for details.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
The <link linkend="dolphin-view">view</link>, which shows all files
and folders in the current folder.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
The <link linkend="places-panel"><guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel</link>, which
provides quick access to bookmarked locations and disks or other media.
</para>
<para>If desktop search and file indexing are enabled in the <guilabel>Desktop Search</guilabel> 
module in the &systemsettings; the panel provides <guilabel>Recent</guilabel>
items and allows you to search for <guilabel>Documents</guilabel>, <guilabel>Images</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Audio Files</guilabel> and <guilabel>Video</guilabel>.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
The status bar. It displays the name, size and type of the file which is
currently hovered over with the mouse, or the number and size of the files which are
selected. At the right, there is a zoom slider that allows you to adjust the size
of the icons in the view.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
The menubar (hidden by default), which provides access to all commands and configuration options.
See the <link linkend="commands-menubar">Command Reference</link> for a list of
all menu commands. The menubar can be toggled with 
<guimenuitem>Show Menubar</guimenuitem> (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo>) 
from the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu or the <guibutton>Control</guibutton> button.
</para>
<para>If the menubar is hidden, all its actions are available from the 
<guibutton>Control</guibutton> button.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
The additional <guilabel>Information</guilabel>, <guilabel>Folders</guilabel> 
and <guilabel>Terminal</guilabel> panels are hidden
by default, for more information see <link linkend="panels"><guilabel>Panels</guilabel>.</link>
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="dolphin-view">
<title>The &dolphin; View</title>

<sect2 id="dolphin-view-using">
<title>Using the View</title>

<para>
The view displays all files and folders in the current folder. These items
can be accessed or manipulated in different ways:
</para>
<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
A file or folder can be opened by clicking it with the &LMB; (or
double-clicking, if <guilabel>Open by double-clicking instead</guilabel>
is enabled in the &systemsettings; in the <menuchoice><guimenu>Workspace</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>General Behavior</guimenuitem></menuchoice> module).
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
Clicking any item or the white area around the items with the &RMB; opens a
context menu which provides access to many frequently used actions for the item
or the current folder, respectively.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
If the &LMB; is pressed on an item, but not immediately released, the item can
be dragged and dropped in another folder in the current view or in another
&dolphin; view (in another &dolphin; window or in the same window if the
view is split, see below) to move or copy it or to create a symbolic link.
Items can even be dropped in another application to open them in that application.
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>
<para>
&dolphin; remembers the history of visited folders. To navigate backward or
forward in the history, the corresponding buttons in the toolbar can be used:
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of &dolphin;'s toolbar</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="toolbar-navigation.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The Back and Forward buttons in the toolbar.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>
The <guibutton>Back</guibutton> and <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> buttons in
the toolbar can be used to navigate in the history.
</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>If you click with the &MMB; the item in the history is opened in a new tab
thus keeping the current tab with its content.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="dolphin-view-appearance">
<title>&dolphin; View Appearance</title>

<para>
The toolbar contains buttons to control the appearance of the view:
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of &dolphin;'s toolbar</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="toolbar-view-appearance.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The buttons in the toolbar which control the appearance of the view.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>
The buttons in the toolbar which control the appearance of the view.
</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>
All the settings discussed below and other options concerning, &eg; the
sorting of the files in the current folder, can also be modified in the
<guimenu>View</guimenu> menu and in the
<link linkend="view-properties-dialog">View Display Style dialog</link>. By
default, these settings are remembered for each folder separately. This
behavior can be changed in the
<link linkend="preferences-dialog-general"><quote>General</quote></link> section of the settings.
</para>

<sect3 id="dolphin-view-modes">
<title>View Modes</title>

<para>
The first three buttons in the above screenshot switch between &dolphin;'s
view modes.
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<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
In the <guibutton>Icons</guibutton> view, which is the default, files will be
represented by an icon that visualizes the file type, and a folder icon will be
shown for subfolders. The names of folders and files, and the items enabled in
<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Additional Information</guisubmenu></menuchoice>,
are displayed below the icons.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
The <guilabel>Compact</guilabel> view shows the folder contents as icons with 
the name beside it and the items enabled in
<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Additional Information</guisubmenu></menuchoice> 
below the name. The items are grouped in columns similar to the <guilabel>Short View</guilabel> 
in the &kde; file dialog.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
In the <guibutton>Details</guibutton> view, the folder contents are displayed
as a detailed list which contains the name, size and last modification time of
each item. Additional columns can be added by clicking a column header with the
&RMB;.
</para>
<para>In the context menu of the header line you can choose between custom or automatic 
column width. Automatic width adjusts the width of all columns once to display the longest 
item in the column completely, except for the <guilabel>Name</guilabel> column where 
the extension is replaced by <quote>...</quote> 
</para>
<para>The order of columns can be changed by drag and drop of column headers, except for
the <guilabel>Name</guilabel> header, which is always the first column in this view.
</para>
<para>
The details view allows you to view the current folder
in a tree-like fashion if <link linkend="preferences-dialog-viewmodes-details">
<guilabel>Expandable folders</guilabel></link> are enabled:
Each subfolder of the current folder can be
<quote>expanded</quote> or <quote>collapsed</quote> by clicking on the <guiicon>></guiicon>
or <guiicon>v</guiicon> icon next to it.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Grouped View</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="grouping-view.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Grouped View</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>All view modes support grouping by the sort type selected 
in <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Sort by</guisubmenu></menuchoice></para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
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</sect3>

<sect3 id="dolphin-view-information">
<title>Information in the View</title>
<para>
In all view modes &dolphin; shows at least an icon and a name for each item. 
Using <guisubmenu>Additional Information</guisubmenu> in the <guimenu>View</guimenu> 
menu or the context menu of the header in <guilabel>Details</guilabel> mode, you can select
more information for each item to be shown:
</para>

<para>
<guimenuitem>Size</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Date</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Type</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Rating</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Tags</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Comment</guimenuitem>.
</para>

<para>Depending on the file type, additionally, sorting criteria can be selected:
<simplelist>
  <member><guimenuitem>Document</guimenuitem>: Number of words and lines</member>
  <member><guimenuitem>Image</guimenuitem>: Size and orientation</member>
  <member><guimenuitem>Audio</guimenuitem>: Artist, album, duration and track</member>
</simplelist>
</para>

<para>The <guisubmenu>Other</guisubmenu> submenu allows you to select
<guimenuitem>Path</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Link Destination</guimenuitem>, 
<guimenuitem>Copied From</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Permissions</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Owner</guimenuitem> or 
<guimenuitem>User Group</guimenuitem>.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3 id="preview">
<title>Preview</title>

<para>
If <guibutton>Preview</guibutton> is enabled, the icons are based on the actual
file or folder contents; &eg; for images a scaled down preview of the image is
shown.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3 id="split-view">
<title>Split</title>

<para>
If <guibutton>Split</guibutton> is clicked, two views are shown which can
display the contents of different folders. This can be convenient for moving or
copying files.
</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>
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<sect2 id="selection">
<title>Selecting Items in the View</title>

<para>
There are several ways to select items in the view. Once a group of items
is selected, all actions, such as
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Move to Trash</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
and drag and drop operations, affect all selected items.
</para>

<sect3 id="selection-mouse">
<title>Selecting Items Using the Mouse</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
You can press the &LMB; somewhere in the view and draw a rectangle around
a group of items before releasing the button. This will select all items in the
rectangle and clear the previous selection. If the &Shift; key is pressed during
the selection process, the previous selection is kept.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
If the &Ctrl; key is pressed while an item is clicked with the &LMB;, the
selection state of this item is toggled. If the &Ctrl; key is pressed while a
rectangle is drawn around a group of items as described above, the selection
state of all items in the rectangle will be toggled.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
If the &Shift; key is pressed while an item is clicked with the &LMB;, all items
between the previous current item and the clicked item will be selected.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
If <guilabel>Show selection marker</guilabel> is enabled in the
<link linkend="preferences-dialog-general-behavior"><quote>Behavior</quote>
tab of the <guilabel>General</guilabel> section of the settings</link>, a small
<guiicon>+</guiicon> or <guiicon>-</guiicon> button appears in the top
left corner of the item which is currently hovered over with the mouse. Clicking
this sign selects or deselects the item, respectively.
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect3>

<sect3 id="selection-keyboard">
<title>Selecting Items Using the Keyboard</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
If an arrow key, <keycap>Page Up</keycap>, <keycap>Page Down</keycap>,
<keycap>Home</keycap>, or <keycap>End</keycap> is pressed, the new current item
is selected, and the previous selection is cleared.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
If the &Ctrl; key is held while one of the above keys is pressed, the selection
remains unchanged.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
If the &Shift; key is held while one of the above keys is pressed, all items
between the previous current item and the new current item will be selected.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
If <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keysym>Space</keysym></keycombo> is pressed,
the selection state of the current item is toggled.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo> selects all items
in the view.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo> toggles the
selection state of all items in the view.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
Select a file or folder by typing the first few letters of its name and the 
first matching item is selected. 
To clear the selection and cancel the keyboard search press &Esc; or wait longer than
the timeout of 1 second.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>

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has all features from dolphin ?-->

<sect1 id="location-bar">
<title>Location Bar</title>

<para>
The location bar, which can be found above &dolphin;'s view, displays
the path to the current folder. The location bar has two modes.
</para>

<sect2 id="location-bar-bread-crumb">
<title>Bread Crumb Mode</title>

<para>
In the <quote>bread crumb</quote> mode, which is the default, each folder name in
the path to the current folder is a button which can be clicked to quickly open
that folder. Moreover, clicking the <quote>&gt;</quote> sign to the right of a
folder opens a menu which allows you to quickly open a subfolder of that folder.
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the location bar in bread crumb mode</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="locationbar-breadcrumb.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Location bar in bread crumb mode.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>Location bar in bread crumb mode.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="location-bar-editable">
<title>Editable Mode</title>

<para>
When in bread crumb mode, clicking in the gray area to the right of the path
with the &LMB; switches the location bar to <quote>editable</quote> mode,
in which the path can be edited using the keyboard. To switch back to bread
crumb mode, click the check mark at the right of the location bar with the &LMB;.
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the location bar in editable mode</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="locationbar-editable.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Location bar in editable mode.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>Location bar in editable mode.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<sect3 id="location-bar-editable-kioslaves">
<title>Using Kioslaves</title>

<para>If the location bar is empty in editable mode, a drop down box appears in 
front of the bar listing all available kioslaves on your system. Kioslaves are 
programs built into &kde; which add support for many different protocols to 
&dolphin; and other &kde; applications.</para> 

<para>For example with the <quote>fish</quote> kioslave &dolphin; can be 
used to manage files and folders on a remote host that is accessible 
via <acronym>SSH</acronym>. To do this you would type <userinput>fish://username@remotehost</userinput> 
into the location bar. Similar remote file management can be done on 
remote hosts accessible via the &FTP;, &NFS;, SFTP, &SMB; (&CIFS;) or webdav protocols.</para>

<para>It is also possible to use the kioslaves drop down box to access 
&systemsettings;, fonts, trash, other programs and devices attached to your computer. 
See the drop down box for the full list of capabilities available from kioslaves on your system.
</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the list of kioslaves</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="locationbar-kioslaves-menu.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Location bar showing list of available kioslaves.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>List of available kioslaves.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

</sect3>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="location-place-context">
<title>Places and Context</title>
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<para>
If the <guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel is hidden; in both modes an additional icon 
in front of the path is displayed. This icon can be clicked with the &LMB; to open a 
menu which offers quick access to <quote>places</quote> and storage media. See the 
<link linkend="places-panel">section about the Places Panel</link> for details.
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Location bar with Places icon</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="locationbar-places-icon.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Location bar with Places icon</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>The context menu of the location bar offers actions to switch between the modes and
to copy and paste the path using the clipboard. Check the last option in this context menu to
display either the full path starting with the root folder of the file system or to display 
the path starting with the current places entry.
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Location bar context menu</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="locationbar-context-menu.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Location bar  context menu</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="panels">
<title>Panels</title>

<para>
&dolphin; allows a number of panels to be placed next to the view. These can
be enabled in <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Show Panels</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
By unlocking the panels and clicking and dragging a panel title, the panel can be moved 
to a different position, even outside the window.
</para>

<sect2 id="places-panel">
<title>Places</title>
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context menu Icon Size? No different entries ?-->
<!--Four groups: Places = Folders, Devices, Recent and with Baloo Search For -->
<para>
The <guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel is located at the left of the window by
default. The <guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel shows any locations you have
bookmarked. It also shows any disk or media attached to the computer, recently accessed items
and allows you to search for certain type of files. The order of these entries can be changed by drag and drop.
</para>

<para>
The easiest way to add a folder to the <guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel is to
drag it and drop it in the panel. Moreover, you can click inside the panel with
the &RMB; and choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Add Entry...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
from the context menu. The first procedure creates a system wide bookmark, the second
procedure can be used to add the current path of the location bar or any desired folder or device.
A dialog opens where label, location and icon can be edited and the usage of this entry 
can be restricted to &dolphin;. 
</para>

<para>A &RMB; click opens the context menu to edit, add, hide or remove entries
and change the icon size to one of the predefined values or lock/unlock the panels.
</para>
<para>The context menu has an action to open the entry in a new tab. 
Devices can be unmounted using the context menu.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="information-panel">
<title>Information</title>

<para>
The <guilabel>Information</guilabel> panel shows extended information about the
selected items(s) or about the current folder or the file which is currently hovered
over with the mouse, including size, type, and date of last modification. It also
features a large preview of the selected item and allows you to assign a rating,
tags, and comments to it.
</para>
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</sect2>

<sect2 id="folders-panel">
<title>Folders</title>

<para>
The <guilabel>Folders</guilabel> panel shows a tree view structure of the file
system. It only shows folders. Clicking a folder with the &LMB; opens this folder
in the &dolphin; view.
</para>
<para>Use <guilabel>Limit to Home Directory</guilabel> to hide all folders from
the tree view except your <guilabel>Home</guilabel>.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="terminal-panel">
<title>Terminal</title>

<para>
This panel contains a terminal. The terminal will open at the folder currently
shown in the &dolphin; view. Changing the folder in the active &dolphin;
view will update the working folder of the terminal. Changing the directory in
the terminal will update the working folder in the &dolphin; view.  The
terminal only works with local media.
</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="quick-tips">
<title>Quick Tips</title>

<para>
The following are a number of tips to save time when using &dolphin;.
</para>

<sect2 id="quick-bookmarking">
<title>Quick Bookmarking</title>

<para>
To quickly create a bookmark in the <guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel for the
current folder, &RMB; click in the work space and click
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Add to Places</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the context menu.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="filter-files">
<title>Filtering Files</title>

<para>
&dolphin; is capable of filtering files, &ie; showing only those items in the
view whose name contains a given text. For example, if you wish to show
only the <acronym>MP3</acronym> files within a folder, you could filter for <quote>.mp3</quote>.
This would then filter out all files whose name does not contain <quote>.mp3</quote>.
</para>

<para>
To filter files, first enable the filter bar, either by pressing <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo>
or via the menu: <menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Filter...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
You can then enter the text to be filtered for in the filter bar. The filter bar can
be disabled either by pressing &Esc;, or with a &LMB; click on the 
<guiicon>Hide Filter Bar</guiicon> icon.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="finding-searching-in-file">
<title>Finding Files and Searching in Files</title>
<!-- FIXME search in hidden files + folders View -> Show Hidden Files has to be enabled ? -->
<!-- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361557 No clear way to open configuration dialog for Baloo search engine -->
<para>
&dolphin; is capable of searching for files and for content in files. If <keycombo action="simul">
&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> is pressed or <menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 
<guimenuitem>Search...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> is used, the <guilabel>Search</guilabel>
bar will open already set up to search for files within the current folder and any sub-folders.
Start to type into the find input box and the search starts immediately.
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Search files and for content in files</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="nepomuk-search.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Search files and for content in files</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>&dolphin; searching files and for content in files.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
<para>The search is case insensitive, and does not require surrounding wildcards 
(<userinput>*foo*</userinput> and <userinput>foo</userinput> are equivalent), 
but you can use wildcards inside the search term. <userinput>*</userinput> will match 
zero or more characters, <userinput>?</userinput> only one single character.</para>
<para>This feature can be used with running Baloo services; without these services
a KIOSlave is launched to provide the search results.</para>
<para>The option from <guilabel>Everywhere</guilabel> with activated Baloo 
services searches in all indexed folders, without Baloo this option  
starts the search from the user's <replaceable>Home</replaceable> folder.</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Search with More Options</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="nepomuk-search-more-options.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Search with More Options</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>&dolphin; searching with More Options.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>
Use the <guilabel>More Options</guilabel> button to extend the <guilabel>Search</guilabel>
bar. This provides a very comfortable way for 
the user to shrink the number of search results.</para>
<para>To start a search select one or more file types (<guilabel>Documents</guilabel>, 
<guilabel>Audio</guilabel>, <guilabel>Video</guilabel>, <guilabel>Images</guilabel>),
  a time period and rating<!--FIXME readd when again implemented: and tag, if you have defined any.--></para>

<para>Alternatively you can use these options in the <guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel 
together with the <guilabel>Filter</guilabel> bar to find files using Baloo or limit 
the search to files matching the filter expression.</para>

<para>Use the Save icon to save a search to the <guilabel>Search For</guilabel>
section in the <guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel to quickly access it again in the future.
</para>
<!--FIXME 16.12
https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/123883/
Add prototype of a "More search tools..." button
-->

</sect2>

<sect2 id="mounting-storage-media">
<title>Mounting Storage Media</title>

<para>
A quick way to mount Storage Media is to click on the device in the
<guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel. This will mount and open the device in &dolphin;.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="undo-actions">
<title>Undo Actions</title>

<para>
&dolphin; is capable of undoing changes you have made to files. For example if
you moved a file to the Trash, &dolphin; can undo this and move it back to its
original location. To undo an action, press <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo>
or select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Undo: (action name)</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>
in the menu, &eg; <guimenuitem>Undo: Rename</guimenuitem>.
</para>

</sect2>
<!-- FIXME https://phabricator.kde.org/D10698-->
<sect2 id="batch-rename">
<title>Renaming A Batch Of Files</title>
<para>
&dolphin; is capable of renaming a number of files at the same time. Each file
will have the file name specified, including a number, &eg;, Image1.jpg,
Image2.jpg, Image3.jpg. This can be useful, &eg;, for pictures taken with a digital camera.
</para>
<!--double click-->
<para>
If you wish to rename a batch of files, first select the files to be renamed.
This can be done by pressing the &LMB; and drawing a rectangle around the files
to be renamed before releasing it, or by holding &Ctrl; and clicking each file
to be renamed (see <link linkend="selection">Selecting Items in the View</link>
for more details on item selection). Then open the batch-rename dialog by pressing
<keycap>F2</keycap> or via the File menu:
<menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Rename...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>
</para>

<para>
Then enter the name you wish to give the files. The # character must be present
within the name. The files will then be renamed, where the <userinput>#</userinput> 
character is replaced by a different consecutive number for each file.
</para>

<para>If all file extensions in your selection are different, the name of all files 
can be changed without using a <userinput>#</userinput> placeholder while preserving 
the file extensions. This is &eg; useful to rename a video file and all associated 
subtitle files, which have the same filename, but different extensions.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="compare-files">
<title>Comparing A Selection Of Files or Folders</title>

<para>
If the &kompare; application is installed, you can use it to see the differences
between two files or folders.
</para>

<para>
First select the two files or folders to be compared. Then launch the &kompare; application
via the Tools menu: <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Compare Files</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
&kompare; will then open showing the differences between the files or folders.
</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

</chapter>

<chapter id="configuring-dolphin">
<title>Configuring &dolphin;</title>

<para>
&dolphin; distinguishes two different kinds of settings:

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
Settings which affect the general behavior of &dolphin;. These can be configured
using the <link linkend="preferences-dialog">Preferences Dialog</link>.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
Settings which determine how the contents of a folder are displayed in &dolphin;.
These settings are called <link linkend="view-properties">View Display Styles</link>
and can be controlled with toolbar buttons, via the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu,
and with the <link linkend="view-properties-dialog">View Display Style dialog</link>.
In the default configuration, all folders use the same display style,
but &dolphin; can also be configured to remember each folder's display style separately
in the <link linkend="preferences-dialog-general-behavior"><quote>General</quote>
section of the settings</link>.
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

<sect1 id="preferences-dialog">
<title>The &dolphin; Preferences Dialog</title>
<para>
The Preferences Dialog is opened via <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure &dolphin;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the menu in
&dolphin;'s main window. The settings are divided into several groups which can
be accessed by clicking the corresponding icon on the left of the dialog.
</para>

<para>All settings except for the <guilabel>Startup</guilabel> page and the <guilabel>Status Bar</guilabel>
tab on the <guilabel>General</guilabel> page are shared with &konqueror; in filemanager mode.
</para>

<sect2 id="preferences-dialog-general">
<title>General</title>

<para>
This group contains settings which control the general behavior of &dolphin;.
The group is divided further into four subgroups which can be accessed using the
tab bar at the top.

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the General settings in &dolphin;'s preferences dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="preferences-general-behavior.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>General Settings.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>General Settings in &dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

</para>

<sect3 id="preferences-dialog-general-behavior">
<title>Behavior Tab</title>

<para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
In the <guilabel>View</guilabel> section, you can configure whether the same
<link linkend="view-properties">view display style</link> is shared among all folders
or folders remember their own individual view display styles.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Sorting Mode</guilabel> controls how items are sorted in
the view. If <guilabel>Natural sorting</guilabel> is enabled, the sort order of three example files
will be
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>File1,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>File2,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>File10.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
If this option is disabled, the normal alphabetical sorting case sensitive or case insensitive
will be used, which leads to the sort order
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>File1,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>File10,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>File2.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
When hovering over a file or folder with the mouse, a small window with relevant
information is shown if <guilabel>Show tooltips</guilabel> is enabled.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Show selection marker</guilabel> shows a small <guibutton>+</guibutton>
or <guibutton>-</guibutton> button above an item's icon if the item is hovered over
with the mouse. These can be used to select or deselect the item.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
Enable <guilabel>Rename inline</guilabel> to use this mode if only one item is currently selected.
If this option is disabled or several items are selected, a dialog will be displayed for renaming.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Enabling <guilabel>Switch between split panes with tab key</guilabel>
allows to switch split views with the &Tab; key.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Disable <guilabel>Turning off split view closes active pane</guilabel>
to close the inactive pane when you are turning off the split view mode, &eg; pressing <keycap>F3</keycap>.
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

</sect3>

<sect3 id="preferences-dialog-general-previews">
<title>Previews Tab</title>

<para>
In this tab, you can configure for which file types previews are shown.
Moreover, the maximum size of local and remote files for which previews are generated can be chosen.
</para>
<para>
If previews are enabled for folders, previews of some files in the folder will
be shown inside a folder's icon.
</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="preferences-dialog-general-confirmations">
<title>Confirmations Tab</title>
<para>
In the ask for confirmation section, you can enable warning dialogs that
are shown before potentially harmful actions.
</para>
<para>
It is also possible to choose the default action <guilabel>When opening an executable file</guilabel>. There are three options, namely <guimenuitem>Always ask</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Open in application</guimenuitem>, and <guimenuitem>Run script</guimenuitem>.
</para>
<warning><para>The confirmation settings for <guilabel>Moving files or folders to trash</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Deleting files or folders</guilabel> affect file operations in &dolphin;, &konqueror;, 
&gwenview; and all &kde; applications using the default &kde; file dialog, 
whereas <guilabel>Closing Dolphin windows
with multiple tabs</guilabel> is a &dolphin; specific setting.</para></warning>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="preferences-dialog-general-statusbar">
<title>Status Bar Tab</title>

<para>
In this tab, some additional items can be enabled for the status bar, provided
the status bar is wide enough:

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
A <guilabel>zoom slider</guilabel> which can be used to change the icon size quickly.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
A bar that shows how much space is free on the current drive.
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="preferences-dialog-startup">
<title>Startup</title>

<para>
This group contains settings which control the appearance of &dolphin; on startup.

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the Startup settings in &dolphin;'s preferences dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="preferences-startup.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Startup Settings.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>Startup Settings in &dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
The <guilabel>Show on startup</guilabel> option allows choosing the folder which is opened on startup.
</para>
<para>
    If the <guimenuitem>Folders, tabs, and window state from last time</guimenuitem> item is selected then
</para>
<itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
        <para>When launched from the &GUI; or CLI without any &URL;s, &dolphin; restores session</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
        <para>When rebooting with &dolphin; open, it restores session normally after the system comes back</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
        <para>When launched with &URL;s, &dolphin; window is opened showing those &URL;s instead of restoring session</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
        <para>When &dolphin; is already running and a new window is opened, that new window shows a single tab with the same &URL; as was visible in the previously-open &dolphin; instance</para>
    </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
The location of the folder can also be entered directly or chosen in a dialog which can
be opened by clicking the button showing a <quote>folder</quote> icon. Moreover,
the current location or the default location (which is the user's home folder)
can be used as the startup folder by clicking the corresponding button.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Begin in split view mode</guilabel> controls if the
<link linkend="dolphin-view">&dolphin; view</link> is split on startup
or not for new windows.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Show filter bar</guilabel> controls if the filter bar is shown on
startup or not. See the <link linkend="filter-files">section on the filter bar</link>
for details.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Make location bar editable</guilabel> controls if the location bar is in
editable mode on startup. The bread crumb mode of the location bar is used
otherwise. See the <link linkend="location-bar">section about the location bar</link>
for details about the two modes.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Open new folders in tabs</guilabel> controls whether &dolphin; should open a new folder in a new tab of the current instance when called externally. If not enabled, the new folders will be opened in new instances of &dolphin;. By default this option is enabled.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
If <guilabel>Show full path inside location bar</guilabel> is enabled, the full
path of the current location is shown in the bread crumb mode of the location bar.
Otherwise, a shortened version of the path is shown if it begins with the path of
one of the places in the <guilabel>Places</guilabel> panel.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Show full path in title bar</guilabel> makes it easy to distinguish
between files or folders with the same name in different folders.
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="preferences-dialog-viewmodes">
<title>View Modes</title>

<para>
This group contains settings which control the behavior of &dolphin;'s view
modes. The three view modes (Icons, Compact, and Details) are accessible via the
tab bar at the top.

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the Icons View settings in &dolphin;'s preferences dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="preferences-viewmodes-icons.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>View Modes Settings.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>View Modes Settings in &dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

</para>

<sect3 id="preferences-dialog-viewmodes-common">
<title>Common settings for all view modes</title>

<para>
All three view modes have some common settings:
</para>
<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
Sliders which control the size of the icons. The <guilabel>Default</guilabel> or
<guilabel>Preview</guilabel> sizes are used if previews are disabled or enabled,
respectively. Note that the icon size can be changed easily with the zoom slider
in the status bar if the corresponding option is enabled in the
<link linkend="preferences-dialog-general-statusbar"><quote>General</quote>
section of the settings</link>.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
A setting for the font used in the view mode: either the system font or a
custom font can be chosen.
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>
<para>
The other settings in the <guilabel>Text</guilabel> section which apply to only 
one of the view modes are discussed below.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3 id="preferences-dialog-viewmodes-icons">
<title>Icons</title>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Width</guilabel> controls the minimum width that is reserved for
the text of a file item.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
  <guilabel>Maximum lines</guilabel> means maximum number of text lines below the icon.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="preferences-dialog-viewmodes-compact">
<title>Compact</title>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Maximum width</guilabel> controls the maximum width that is reserved for
the text of a file item.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="preferences-dialog-viewmodes-details">
<title>Details</title>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<guilabel>Expandable folders</guilabel> determines whether any folders that have subfolders
are displayed in a tree view, where the sub items can be expanded by &LMB; clicking the
<guiicon>&gt;</guiicon> icon and collapsed by clicking the <guiicon>v</guiicon> icon.
</para>
<para>
<guilabel>Folder size displays</guilabel> allows defining the property to use then sorting folders by their size. It is possible to sort folders by <guilabel>Number of items</guilabel> or <guilabel>Size of contents</guilabel> and choose a limit to the recursive level (can be useful to constrain unneeded iterations in the deep folder structures or on the slow file systems).
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="preferences-dialog-navigation">
<title>Navigation</title>

<para>
This group contains settings which control how navigation in the folder
structure and in archives works.

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the Navigation settings in &dolphin;'s preferences dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="preferences-navigation.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Navigation Settings.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>Navigation Settings in &dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
The option to open items with a single or double mouse click is a system wide setting and can be
changed in the &systemsettings; in the <menuchoice><guimenu>Workspace</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>General Behavior</guimenuitem></menuchoice> module.</para>
</listitem>

<listitem><para>
Archives will be opened inside &dolphin;, and not in an external application, if
<guilabel>Open Archives as folder</guilabel> is enabled.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
If <guilabel>Open folders during drag operations</guilabel> is enabled, dragging
an item with the mouse and hovering over a folder with it for a short time will open
that folder. This allows you to move or copy items quickly to folders which are
several levels deeper in the folder hierarchy.
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="preferences-dialog-services">
<title>Services</title>

<para>
This group offers a selection of services that can be shown in the
<guisubmenu>Actions</guisubmenu> submenu of &dolphin;'s context menu which
appears when clicking a file or folder with the &RMB;.
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the Services settings in &dolphin;'s preferences dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="preferences-services.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Services Settings.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>Services Settings in &dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>
Using the <guibutton>Download New Services</guibutton> you can fetch additional 
services for the context menu.
</para>
<para>
If you have installed &dolphin;'s plugins for <guilabel>Bazaar</guilabel>, 
<guilabel>Mercurial</guilabel>, <guilabel>Git</guilabel> or 
<guilabel>Subversion</guilabel> from the kdesdk module these services are shown in the list.
If these plugins are enabled and you enter a folder which is under version control, 
the version state (locally changed, up to date &etc;) is indicated by icons 
and you have additional entries in the 
context menu like commit, update, add, remove &etc;
</para>
<para>
In the service list you can also choose if the <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Copy To</guimenuitem>, and <guimenuitem>Move To</guimenuitem>
commands are shown in the context menu.
</para>
<para>
&dolphin; has to be restarted to activate the changes for some of these settings.
<!--FIXME wrong for Copy To + Move To + Delete, what about the other items?-->
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="preferences-dialog-trash">
<title>Trash</title>

<para>
This group contains settings which control the behavior of the trash.

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the Trash settings in &dolphin;'s preferences dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="preferences-trash.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Trash Settings.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>Trash Settings in &dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
Files which are older than a configurable number of days can be deleted automatically.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
The size of the trash can be limited to a configurable percentage of the disk
size. If this limit is reached, a warning can be issued, or the oldest or
largest files can be deleted automatically.
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>
<!-- begin copy to konqueror filemanager.docbook -->
<sect1 id="view-properties">
<title>Folder View Display Style</title>

<para>
The following settings control how the contents of a folder are displayed in the
&dolphin; view, and are stored on a per-folder basis by default:
</para>
<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>
The view mode (Icons, Compact, Details)
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
The sorting of items, which is determined by the sort order (ascending,
descending) and the attribute (such as name, size,...) that the items are
sorted by
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
Sorting of folders and files &ndash; are folders shown first or not?
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
Previews &ndash; are they shown instead of icons (based on the settings made in
<link linkend="preferences-dialog-general-previews"><guilabel>Previews</guilabel>
tab of &dolphin;'s General settings</link>) or not?
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
Are items shown in groups in the views?
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
Are hidden files shown?
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
What additional information (besides the name) is shown in the Icons or Details view?
</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>
<para>
The view display style can be configured in the
<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu></menuchoice> menu, some (such as the view
mode) can also be changed using toolbar buttons.
</para>

<sect2 id="view-properties-dialog">
<title>The View Display Style dialog</title>

<para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Screenshot of the View Display Style dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="viewproperties-dialog.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The View Display Style dialog.</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>The View Display Style Dialog.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

The <guilabel>View Display Style</guilabel> dialog can be used to quickly modify
the view display styles for many folders at once. This is done for the current folder, for the
current folder including all subfolders, or even for all folders, depending on
the choice made in the <guilabel>Apply to</guilabel> section.
</para>

<para>
If <guilabel>Use as default view settings</guilabel> is enabled, the chosen view
properties will also be used for all folders which do not have customized view
properties yet.
</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>
<!-- end copy to konqueror filemanager.docbook -->
</chapter>

<chapter id="command-reference">
<title>Command Reference</title>
<para>By default the menubar is not shown. All actions described here either can 
be accessed with toolbar buttons or with items in the menu of the 
<guibutton>Control</guibutton> toolbar button.</para>

<sect1 id="commands-menubar">
<title>The Menubar in &dolphin;'s Main Window</title>

<sect2>
<title>The File Menu</title>
<para>
<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Create New</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Creates a new object (such as a folder or a text file) in the current
folder.</action></para>
<para>You will find an explanation of all available objects in &konqueror;'s handbook in the chapter
<ulink url="help:/konqueror/making.html">Create New</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens a new &dolphin; window.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>New Tab</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens a new tab.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Close Tab</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Closes the current tab.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Undo close tab</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Reopens the last closed tab.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Renames one currently selected item inline.
Opens the <link linkend="batch-rename">batch rename dialog</link> if several 
items are selected.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Del</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Move to Trash</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Moves the currently selected item(s) to the
trash.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Del</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Permanently deletes the currently selected item(s). The items are not moved
to the trash and cannot be restored.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Target</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>This action highlights a link target in a new &dolphin; window.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Duplicate Here</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Creates duplicates of selected items appending <replaceable> copy</replaceable> to the end of their names.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Return</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Shows the properties dialog for the currently selected
item(s).</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<!--FIXME http://www.aelog.org/checksums-made-easy in fundamentals? -->
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Exits &dolphin;.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The Edit Menu</title>
<para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Undoes the last action performed by &dolphin;.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Cuts the currently selected item(s).</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Copies the currently selected item(s).</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Paste Clipboard Contents...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste one File</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste one Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste x Items</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Pastes the currently copied/cut items to the current
folder. If the clipboard does not contain files or folders, the clipboard
contents (such as text or image data) will be pasted into a new file.
The name of this file has to be entered in a dialog.
</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Copy to inactive split view</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Copies the currently selected item(s) from the active split view to the inactive split view.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F6</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Move to inactive split view</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Moves the currently selected item(s) from the active split view to the inactive split view.
Is disabled if the current user does not have write permission on the selected item(s).</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Filter...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Enables and disables the <link linkend="filter-files">filter bar</link>.</action>
You can also use the alternate shortcut <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>/</keycap></keycombo>
for this action.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Search...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens the find bar. Enter a search term into the edit box and select to search for filename
or in contents of files starting from the current folder or everywhere.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Selects all files and folders in the current
folder.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Invert Selection</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>
Selects all unselected items and deselects all selected items in the current folder.
</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The View Menu</title>
<para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Increases the size of icons in the view.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Zoom Out</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Decreases the size of icons in the view.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>0</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Zoom Reset</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Resets the size of icons in the view to default.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>View Mode</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Changes the view mode to <guimenuitem>Icons</guimenuitem>
(<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>1</keycap></keycombo>), <guimenuitem>Compact</guimenuitem>
(<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>2</keycap></keycombo>) or <guimenuitem>Details</guimenuitem>
(<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>3</keycap></keycombo>).</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Sort By</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Changes whether items are sorted</action> by <guimenuitem>Name</guimenuitem>
or other criteria described in <link linkend="dolphin-view-information">Information in the View</link>.</para>
<para><guimenuitem>Descending</guimenuitem> reverses the sort order.
<guimenuitem>Folders First</guimenuitem> sorts folders before files.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Show Additional Information</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Displays additional information</action> 
described in <link linkend="dolphin-view-information">Information in the View</link>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Previews</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Displays a symbolic preview of the file contents </action> in the different
view modes.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show in Groups</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Displays</action> the content of the
current folder grouped by the option selected in <guimenuitem>Sort By</guimenuitem>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>.</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Hidden Files</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Shows all the hidden files and sub-folders within the current
folder.</action>There is an alternate shortcut <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>H</keycap></keycombo>
for this action.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Split</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Enables and disables the split view mode.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Reload</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Reloads the current folder.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Stop</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Stops loading/reading the contents of the current
folder.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Show Panels</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Enables and disables</action> the different <link linkend="panels">panels</link>:
<guimenuitem>Places</guimenuitem> (<keycap>F9</keycap>), <guimenuitem>Information</guimenuitem>
(<keycap>F11</keycap>), <guimenuitem>Folders</guimenuitem> (<keycap>F7</keycap>), 
<guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem> (<keycap>F4</keycap>).
With <guimenuitem>Lock Panels</guimenuitem> the panel header with caption and two buttons is  
hidden to save space and the panels are immutable, with <guimenuitem>Unlock Panels</guimenuitem>
the header is visible and the panel can be moved to the right or left  or even
outside the main window.
<!-- FIXME Places header always visible ?-->
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>F6</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Location Bar</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Editable Location</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Changes the location bar between the two modes; the
<link linkend="location-bar-bread-crumb">bread crumb mode</link> and the
<link linkend="location-bar-editable">editable mode</link>.
</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Location Bar</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Replace Location</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Switches the location bar to <link linkend="location-bar-editable">editable mode</link>,
if necessary, and selects the location such that it can be replaced quickly.
</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Adjust View Display Style...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens the <link linkend="view-properties-dialog">View Display Style
Dialog</link>.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The Go Menu</title>
<para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Up</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Up</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Changes to the folder above the current folder.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Left</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Back</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Changes to the previously viewed folder.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Right</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Undoes</action> a <quote>Go Back</quote> action.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Home</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Home</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Changes to the users home folder, &eg;
/home/Peter/.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Recently Closed Tabs</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Shows a list of recently closed tabs which can
be reopened.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The Tools Menu</title>
<para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F4</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Open Terminal</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens &konsole; within the current folder.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Open Preferred Search Tool</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens preferred search tool in the current folder.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Compare Files</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Compare the currently selected files or folders with
&kompare;. This action is only enabled if two files or folders are selected.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Select Remote Charset</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Allows you to choose the charset used by a remote
connection manually.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The Settings and Help Menu</title> 
<para>
&dolphin; has the common &kde; <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> and <guimenu>Help</guimenu>
menu items, for more information read the sections about the <ulink url="help:/fundamentals/menus.html#menus-settings"
>Settings Menu</ulink> and <ulink url="help:/fundamentals/menus.html#menus-help">Help Menu</ulink>
of the &kde; Fundamentals.
</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>
</chapter>

<chapter id="misc-questions">
<title>Miscellaneous Questions</title>

<qandaset id="misclist">
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Has &dolphin; replaced &konqueror;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
&dolphin; is not intended to be a competitor to &konqueror;: &konqueror; acts as
a universal viewer being able to show &HTML; pages, text documents, folders and a
lot more, whereas &dolphin; focuses on being only a file manager. This approach
allows the optimization of the user interface for the task of file management.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How can I get involved with the development of &dolphin;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
The easiest way to get involved with &dolphin; is to subscribe to the developer 
mailing list <ulink url="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kfm-devel">kfm-devel</ulink>
and drop an email to the developer mailing list. Email what you can do, how much time
you can devote &etc;, the developers will let you know what you can do in the
project. If you wish to contribute to the documentation please email the
<ulink url="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org">&kde; Documentation Team</ulink> list.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How can I submit bug reports?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
The official channel for submitting bug reports is via the &kde; bug tracking
system. The &kde; bug tracker can be found at
<ulink url="https://bugs.kde.org">https://bugs.kde.org</ulink>.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How can I submit feature requests?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
The official channel for submitting feature requests is via the &kde; bug
tracking system. The &kde; bug tracker can be found at
<ulink url="https://bugs.kde.org">https://bugs.kde.org</ulink>.
</para>

</answer>

</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</chapter>

<chapter id="credits">

<title>Credits and License</title>

<para>
&dolphin;
</para>
<para>
Program copyright 2006&ndash;2014 Peter Penz <email>peter.penz@gmx.at</email>, 
Frank Reininghaus <email>frank78ac@googlemail.com</email> and Emmanuel Pescosta 
<email>emmanuelpescosta099@gmail.com</email> </para>
<para>
Contributors:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Cvetoslav Ludmiloff <email>ludmiloff@gmail.com</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Stefan Monov <email>logixoul@gmail.com</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Michael Austin <email>tuxedup@users.sourceforge.net</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>&Orville.Bennett; &Orville.Bennett.mail;</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>

<para>
Documentation copyright 2005 Peter Penz <email>peter.penz@gmx.at</email>
</para>
<para>
Documentation copyright 2006 &Orville.Bennett; &Orville.Bennett.mail;
</para>
<para>
Documentation copyright 2006 Michael Austin <email>tuxedup@users.sourceforge.net</email>
</para>
<para>
Documentation copyright 2009 Frank Reininghaus <email>frank78ac@googlemail.com</email>
</para>

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&underGPL;               <!-- GPL License -->

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