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"&language;">
10 <title>The
&dolphin; Handbook
</title>
14 <firstname>Peter
</firstname>
15 <othername></othername>
16 <surname>Penz
</surname>
18 <address><email>peter.penz@gmx.at
</email></address>
22 <firstname>Orville
</firstname>
23 <surname>Bennett
</surname>
25 <address>&Orville.Bennett.mail;
</address>
29 <firstname>Michael
</firstname>
30 <surname>Austin
</surname>
32 <address><email>tuxedup@users.sourceforge.net
</email></address>
36 <firstname>David
</firstname>
37 <surname>Edmundson
</surname>
39 <address><email>kde@davidedmundson.co.uk
</email></address>
43 <firstname>Alan
</firstname>
44 <surname>Blanchflower
</surname>
47 <firstname>Frank
</firstname>
48 <surname>Reininghaus
</surname>
50 <address><email>frank78ac@googlemail.com
</email></address>
54 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
59 <holder>Peter Penz
</holder>
63 <holder>&Orville.Bennett;
</holder>
64 <holder>Michael Austin
</holder>
68 <holder>Frank Reininghaus
</holder>
71 <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
73 <date>2016-
06-
01</date>
74 <releaseinfo>Applications
16.04</releaseinfo>
78 &dolphin; is the default file manager by
&kde;, designed with usability as a primary focus.
83 <keyword>KDE
</keyword>
84 <keyword>Dolphin
</keyword>
85 <keyword>Filemanager
</keyword>
86 <keyword>file
</keyword>
87 <keyword>management
</keyword>
92 <chapter id=
"introduction">
93 <title>Introduction
</title>
96 &dolphin; is
&plasma;'s default file manager. It aims to improve usability at the
97 user interface level.
&dolphin; focuses only on being a file manager whereas
98 &konqueror;, which was
&kde;'s default file manager in
&kde; 3 and can still be
99 used for file management, is a universal viewer for many file types.
103 This design approach allows the developers to concentrate on optimizing the user
104 interface for the specific task of file management.
108 Please report any problems or feature requests to the
&dolphin; author via the
109 bug report dialog. This is accessible either from the
<guibutton>Control
</guibutton>
110 button at the right of the toolbar in the default mode without
111 menubar; or from
<menuchoice><guimenu>Help
</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report Bug...
</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
112 menu of the application, if the menubar is shown.
117 <chapter id=
"using-dolphin">
118 <title>Using
&dolphin;</title>
120 <sect1 id=
"dolphin-user-interface">
121 <title>&dolphin; User Interface
</title>
124 The screenshot below shows
&dolphin;'s default user interface:
128 <screeninfo>Screenshot of
&dolphin;'s default user interface
</screeninfo>
131 <imagedata fileref=
"default-ui.png" format=
"PNG"/>
134 <phrase>&dolphin;'s default user interface.
</phrase>
136 <caption><para>&dolphin;'s default user interface.
</para></caption>
141 The elements of the default user interface are:
146 The toolbar, which can be used for quick access to frequently used actions. The
147 toolbar can be customized by clicking it with the
&RMB; and choosing
148 <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...
</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
149 from the context menu, with
<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...
</guimenuitem>
150 from the
<guibutton>Control
</guibutton> button at the
151 right of the toolbar or via
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings
</guimenu>
152 <guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...
</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
156 <screeninfo>Screenshot of
&dolphin;'s toolbar
</screeninfo>
159 <imagedata fileref=
"toolbar.png" format=
"PNG"/>
162 <phrase>The default toolbar.
</phrase>
166 Toolbar items where the icon is sufficient for knowing the command do not have text
167 alongside the icons. This can be changed by a
&RMB; click and selecting the item text
168 below
<guilabel>Show Text
</guilabel>. The
<guibutton>Control
</guibutton>
169 button at the right side of the toolbar is only displayed if the menubar is hidden.
177 The location bar, which always displays the path to the current folder. It can
178 be switched between two different modes, see the
179 <link linkend=
"location-bar">section on the location bar
</link> for details.
183 The
<link linkend=
"dolphin-view">view
</link>, which shows all files
184 and folders in the current folder.
188 The
<link linkend=
"places-panel"><guilabel>Places
</guilabel> panel
</link>, which
189 provides quick access to bookmarked locations and disks or other media.
191 <para>If desktop search and file indexing are enabled in the
<guilabel>Desktop Search
</guilabel>
192 module in the
&systemsettings; the panel provides
<guilabel>Recently Saved
</guilabel>
193 items and allows you to search for
<guilabel>Documents
</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Images
</guilabel>,
194 <guilabel>Audio Files
</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Video
</guilabel>.
198 The status bar. It displays the name, size and type of the file which is
199 currently hovered over with the mouse, or the number and size of the files which are
200 selected. At the right, there is a zoom slider that allows you to adjust the size
201 of the icons in the view.
205 The menubar (hidden by default), which provides access to all commands and configuration options.
206 See the
<link linkend=
"commands-menubar">Command Reference
</link> for a list of
207 all menu commands. The menubar can be toggled with
208 <guimenuitem>Show Menubar
</guimenuitem> (
<keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M
</keycap></keycombo>)
209 from the
<guimenu>Settings
</guimenu> menu or the
<guibutton>Control
</guibutton> button.
211 <para>If the menubar is hidden, all its actions are available from the
212 <guibutton>Control
</guibutton> button.
216 The additional
<guilabel>Information
</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Folders
</guilabel>
217 and
<guilabel>Terminal
</guilabel> panels are hidden
218 by default, for more information see
<link linkend=
"panels"><guilabel>Panels
</guilabel>.
</link>
227 <sect1 id=
"dolphin-view">
228 <title>The
&dolphin; View
</title>
230 <sect2 id=
"dolphin-view-using">
231 <title>Using the View
</title>
234 The view displays all files and folders in the current folder. These items
235 can be accessed or manipulated in different ways:
240 A file or folder can be opened by clicking it with the
&LMB; (or
241 double-clicking, if
<guilabel>Double-click to open files and folders
</guilabel>
242 is enabled in the
<link linkend=
"preferences-dialog-navigation"><quote>Navigation
</quote>
243 section of the settings
</link>).
247 Clicking any item or the white area around the items with the
&RMB; opens a
248 context menu which provides access to many frequently used actions for the item
249 or the current folder, respectively.
253 If the
&LMB; is pressed on an item, but not immediately released, the item can
254 be dragged and dropped in another folder in the current view or in another
255 &dolphin; view (in another
&dolphin; window or in the same window if the
256 view is split, see below) to move or copy it or to create a symbolic link.
257 Items can even be dropped in another application to open them in that application.
262 &dolphin; remembers the history of visited folders. To navigate backward or
263 forward in the history, the corresponding buttons in the toolbar can be used:
267 <screeninfo>Screenshot of
&dolphin;'s toolbar
</screeninfo>
270 <imagedata fileref=
"toolbar-navigation.png" format=
"PNG"/>
273 <phrase>The Back and Forward buttons in the toolbar.
</phrase>
277 The
<guibutton>Back
</guibutton> and
<guibutton>Forward
</guibutton> buttons in
278 the toolbar can be used to navigate in the history.
286 <sect2 id=
"dolphin-view-appearance">
287 <title>&dolphin; View Appearance
</title>
290 The toolbar contains buttons to control the appearance of the view:
294 <screeninfo>Screenshot of
&dolphin;'s toolbar
</screeninfo>
297 <imagedata fileref=
"toolbar-view-appearance.png" format=
"PNG"/>
300 <phrase>The buttons in the toolbar which control the appearance of the view.
</phrase>
303 The buttons in the toolbar which control the appearance of the view.
309 All the settings discussed below and other options concerning,
⪚ the
310 sorting of the files in the current folder, can also be modified in the
311 <guimenu>View
</guimenu> menu and in the
312 <link linkend=
"view-properties-dialog">View Properties dialog
</link>. By
313 default, these settings are remembered for each folder separately. This
314 behavior can be changed in the
315 <link linkend=
"preferences-dialog-general"><quote>General
</quote></link> section of the settings.
318 <sect3 id=
"dolphin-view-modes">
319 <title>View Modes
</title>
322 The first three buttons in the above screenshot switch between
&dolphin;'s
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328 In the
<guibutton>Icons
</guibutton> view, which is the default, files will be
329 represented by an icon that visualizes the file type, and a folder icon will be
330 shown for subfolders. The names of folders and files, and the items enabled in
331 <menuchoice><guimenu>View
</guimenu><guisubmenu>Additional Information
</guisubmenu></menuchoice>,
332 are displayed below the icons.
336 The
<guilabel>Compact
</guilabel> view shows the folder contents as icons with
337 the name beside it and the items enabled in
338 <menuchoice><guimenu>View
</guimenu><guisubmenu>Additional Information
</guisubmenu></menuchoice>
339 below the name. The items are grouped in columns similar to the
<guilabel>Short View
</guilabel>
340 in the
&kde; file dialog.
344 In the
<guibutton>Details
</guibutton> view, the folder contents are displayed
345 as a detailed list which contains the name, size and last modification time of
346 each item. Additional columns can be added by clicking a column header with the
349 <para>In the context menu of the header line you can choose between custom or automatic
350 column width. Automatic width adjusts the width of all columns once to display the longest
351 item in the column completely, except for the
<guilabel>Name
</guilabel> column where
352 the extension is replaced by
<quote>...
</quote>
354 <para>The order of columns can be changed by drag and drop of column headers, except for
355 the
<guilabel>Name
</guilabel> header, which is always the first column in this view.
358 The details view allows you to view the current folder
359 in a tree-like fashion if
<link linkend=
"preferences-dialog-viewmodes-details">
360 <guilabel>Expandable folders
</guilabel></link> are enabled:
361 Each subfolder of the current folder can be
362 <quote>expanded
</quote> or
<quote>collapsed
</quote> by clicking on the
<guiicon>+
</guiicon>
363 or
<guiicon>-
</guiicon> icon next to it.
</para></listitem>
368 <screeninfo>Grouped View
</screeninfo>
371 <imagedata fileref=
"grouping-view.png" format=
"PNG"/>
374 <phrase>Grouped View
</phrase>
376 <caption><para>All view modes support grouping by the sort type selected
377 in
<menuchoice><guimenu>View
</guimenu><guisubmenu>Sort by
</guisubmenu></menuchoice></para></caption>
380 <!-- end copy to konqueror filemanager.docbook -->
384 <sect3 id=
"dolphin-view-information">
385 <title>Information in the View
</title>
387 In all view modes
&dolphin; shows at least an icon and a name for each item.
388 Using
<guisubmenu>Additional Information
</guisubmenu> in the
<guimenu>View
</guimenu>
389 menu or the context menu of the header in
<guilabel>Details
</guilabel> mode, you can select
390 more information for each item to be shown:
394 <guimenuitem>Size
</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Date
</guimenuitem>,
395 <guimenuitem>Type
</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Rating
</guimenuitem>,
396 <guimenuitem>Tags
</guimenuitem> or
<guimenuitem>Comment
</guimenuitem>.
399 <para>Depending on the file type, additionally, sorting criteria can be selected:
401 <member><guimenuitem>Document
</guimenuitem>: Number of words and lines
</member>
402 <member><guimenuitem>Image
</guimenuitem>: Size and orientation
</member>
403 <member><guimenuitem>Audio
</guimenuitem>: Artist, album, duration and track
</member>
407 <para>The
<guisubmenu>Other
</guisubmenu> submenu allows you to select
408 <guimenuitem>Path
</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Link Destination
</guimenuitem>,
409 <guimenuitem>Copied From
</guimenuitem>,
410 <guimenuitem>Permissions
</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Owner
</guimenuitem> or
411 <guimenuitem>User Group
</guimenuitem>.
417 <title>Preview
</title>
420 If
<guibutton>Preview
</guibutton> is enabled, the icons are based on the actual
421 file or folder contents;
⪚ for images a scaled down preview of the image is
427 <sect3 id=
"split-view">
431 If
<guibutton>Split
</guibutton> is clicked, two views are shown which can
432 display the contents of different folders. This can be convenient for moving or
439 <!-- begin copy to konqueror filemanager.docbook -->
440 <sect2 id=
"selection">
441 <title>Selecting Items in the View
</title>
444 There are several ways to select items in the view. Once a group of items
445 is selected, all actions, such as
446 <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Cut
</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
447 <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Copy
</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
448 <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Move to Trash
</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
449 and drag and drop operations, affect all selected items.
452 <sect3 id=
"selection-mouse">
453 <title>Selecting Items Using the Mouse
</title>
458 You can press the
&LMB; somewhere in the view and draw a rectangle around
459 a group of items before releasing the button. This will select all items in the
460 rectangle and clear the previous selection. If the
&Shift; key is pressed during
461 the selection process, the previous selection is kept.
465 If the
&Ctrl; key is pressed while an item is clicked with the
&LMB;, the
466 selection state of this item is toggled. If the
&Ctrl; key is pressed while a
467 rectangle is drawn around a group of items as described above, the selection
468 state of all items in the rectangle will be toggled.
472 If the
&Shift; key is pressed while an item is clicked with the
&LMB;, all items
473 between the previous current item and the clicked item will be selected.
477 If
<guilabel>Show selection marker
</guilabel> is enabled in the
478 <link linkend=
"preferences-dialog-general-behavior"><quote>Behavior
</quote>
479 tab of the
<guilabel>General
</guilabel> section of the settings
</link>, a small
480 <guiicon>+
</guiicon> or
<guiicon>-
</guiicon> button appears in the top
481 left corner of the item which is currently hovered over with the mouse. Clicking
482 this sign selects or deselects the item, respectively.
489 <sect3 id=
"selection-keyboard">
490 <title>Selecting Items Using the Keyboard
</title>
495 If an arrow key,
<keycap>Page Up
</keycap>,
<keycap>Page Down
</keycap>,
496 <keycap>Home
</keycap>, or
<keycap>End
</keycap> is pressed, the new current item
497 is selected, and the previous selection is cleared.
501 If the
&Ctrl; key is held while one of the above keys is pressed, the selection
506 If the
&Shift; key is held while one of the above keys is pressed, all items
507 between the previous current item and the new current item will be selected.
511 If
<keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keysym>Space
</keysym></keycombo> is pressed,
512 the selection state of the current item is toggled.
516 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A
</keycap></keycombo> selects all items
521 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>A
</keycap></keycombo> toggles the
522 selection state of all items in the view.
526 Select a file or folder by typing the first few letters of its name and the
527 first matching item is selected.
528 To clear the selection and cancel the keyboard search press
&Esc; or wait longer than
529 the timeout of
1 second.
532 <!-- END copy to konqueror filemanager.docbook -->
539 <!--FIXME replace with links to KDE Fundamentals when location bar in file dialog
540 has all features from dolphin ?-->
542 <sect1 id=
"location-bar">
543 <title>Location Bar
</title>
546 The location bar, which can be found above
&dolphin;'s view, displays
547 the path to the current folder. The location bar has two modes.
550 <sect2 id=
"location-bar-bread-crumb">
551 <title>Bread Crumb Mode
</title>
554 In the
<quote>bread crumb
</quote> mode, which is the default, each folder name in
555 the path to the current folder is a button which can be clicked to quickly open
556 that folder. Moreover, clicking the
<quote>></quote> sign to the right of a
557 folder opens a menu which allows you to quickly open a subfolder of that folder.
561 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the location bar in bread crumb mode
</screeninfo>
564 <imagedata fileref=
"locationbar-breadcrumb.png" format=
"PNG"/>
567 <phrase>Location bar in bread crumb mode.
</phrase>
569 <caption><para>Location bar in bread crumb mode.
</para></caption>
575 <sect2 id=
"location-bar-editable">
576 <title>Editable Mode
</title>
579 When in bread crumb mode, clicking in the gray area to the right of the path
580 with the
&LMB; switches the location bar to
<quote>editable
</quote> mode,
581 in which the path can be edited using the keyboard. To switch back to bread
582 crumb mode, click the check mark at the right of the location bar with the
&LMB;.
586 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the location bar in editable mode
</screeninfo>
589 <imagedata fileref=
"locationbar-editable.png" format=
"PNG"/>
592 <phrase>Location bar in editable mode.
</phrase>
594 <caption><para>Location bar in editable mode.
</para></caption>
598 <sect3 id=
"location-bar-editable-kioslaves">
599 <title>Using Kioslaves
</title>
601 <para>If the location bar is empty in editable mode, a drop down box appears in
602 front of the bar listing all available kioslaves on your system. Kioslaves are
603 programs built into
&kde; which add support for many different protocols to
604 &dolphin; and other
&kde; applications.
</para>
606 <para>For example with the
<quote>fish
</quote> kioslave
&dolphin; can be
607 used to manage files and folders on a remote host that is accessible
608 via
<acronym>SSH
</acronym>. To do this you would type
<userinput>fish://username@remotehost
</userinput>
609 into the location bar. Similar remote file management can be done on
610 remote hosts accessible via the
&FTP;, NFS, SFTP, SMB (CIFS) or webdav protocols.
</para>
612 <para>It is also possible to use the kioslaves drop down list to access
613 &systemsettings;, fonts, trash, other programs and devices attached to your computer.
614 See the drop down list for the full list of capabilities available from kioslaves on your system.
617 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the list of kioslaves
</screeninfo>
620 <imagedata fileref=
"locationbar-kioslaves-menu.png" format=
"PNG"/>
623 <phrase>Location bar showing list of available kioslaves.
</phrase>
625 <caption><para>List of available kioslaves.
</para></caption>
632 <sect2 id=
"location-place-context">
633 <title>Places and Context
</title>
634 <!--FIXME this is now in file dialog in 4.11-->
636 If the
<guilabel>Places
</guilabel> panel is hidden; in both modes an additional icon
637 in front of the path is displayed. This icon can be clicked with the
&LMB; to open a
638 menu which offers quick access to
<quote>places
</quote> and storage media. See the
639 <link linkend=
"places-panel">section about the Places Panel
</link> for details.
643 <screeninfo>Location bar with Places icon
</screeninfo>
646 <imagedata fileref=
"locationbar-places-icon.png" format=
"PNG"/>
649 <phrase>Location bar with Places icon
</phrase>
654 <para>The context menu of the location bar offers actions to switch between the modes and
655 to copy and paste the path using the clipboard. Check the last option in this context menu to
656 display either the full path starting with the root folder of the file system or to display
657 the path starting with the current places entry.
661 <screeninfo>Location bar context menu
</screeninfo>
664 <imagedata fileref=
"locationbar-context-menu.png" format=
"PNG"/>
667 <phrase>Location bar context menu
</phrase>
677 <title>Panels
</title>
680 &dolphin; allows a number of panels to be placed next to the view. These can
681 be enabled in
<menuchoice><guimenu>View
</guimenu><guisubmenu>Panels
</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
682 By unlocking the panels and clicking and dragging a panel title, the panel can be moved
683 to a different position, even outside the window.
686 <sect2 id=
"places-panel">
687 <title>Places
</title>
688 <!--FIXME difference between places panel in dolphin + kde filedialog + konqueror:
689 context menu Icon Size? No different entries ?-->
690 <!--Four groups: Places = Folders, Devices, with Baloo Recently Saved and Search For -->
692 The
<guilabel>Places
</guilabel> panel is located at the left of the window by
693 default. The
<guilabel>Places
</guilabel> panel shows any locations you have
694 bookmarked. It also shows any disk or media attached to the computer, recently accessed items
695 and allows you to search for certain type of files. The order of these entries can be changed by drag and drop.
699 The easiest way to add a folder to the
<guilabel>Places
</guilabel> panel is to
700 drag it and drop it in the panel. Moreover, you can click inside the panel with
701 the
&RMB; and choose
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Add Entry...
</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
702 from the context menu. The first procedure creates a system wide bookmark, the second
703 procedure can be used to add the current path of the location bar or any desired folder or device.
704 A dialog opens where label, location and icon can be edited and the usage of this entry
705 can be restricted to
&dolphin;.
708 <para>A
&RMB; click opens the context menu to edit, add, hide or remove entries
709 and change the icon size to one of the predefined values or lock/unlock the panels.
711 <para>The context menu has an action to open the entry in a new tab.
712 Devices can be unmounted using the context menu.
716 <sect2 id=
"information-panel">
717 <title>Information
</title>
720 The
<guilabel>Information
</guilabel> panel shows extended information about the
721 selected items(s) or about the current folder or the file which is currently hovered
722 over with the mouse, including size, type, and date of last modification. It also
723 features a large preview of the selected item and allows you to assign a rating,
724 tags, and comments to it.
729 <sect2 id=
"folders-panel">
730 <title>Folders
</title>
733 The
<guilabel>Folders
</guilabel> panel shows a tree view structure of the file
734 system. It only shows folders. Clicking a folder with the
&LMB; opens this folder
735 in the
&dolphin; view.
741 <sect2 id=
"terminal-panel">
742 <title>Terminal
</title>
745 This panel contains a terminal. The terminal will open at the folder currently
746 shown in the
&dolphin; view. Changing the folder in the active
&dolphin;
747 view will update the working folder of the terminal. Changing the directory in
748 the terminal will update the working folder in the
&dolphin; view. The
749 terminal only works with local media.
756 <sect1 id=
"quick-tips">
757 <title>Quick Tips
</title>
760 The following are a number of tips to save time when using
&dolphin;.
763 <sect2 id=
"quick-bookmarking">
764 <title>Quick Bookmarking
</title>
767 To quickly create a bookmark in the
<guilabel>Places
</guilabel> panel for the
768 current folder,
&RMB; click in the work space and click
769 <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Add to Places
</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the context menu.
774 <sect2 id=
"finding-searching-in-file">
775 <title>Finding Files and Searching in Files
</title>
776 <!-- FIXME search in hidden files + folders View -> Show Hidden Files has to be enabled ? -->
777 <!-- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361557 No clear way to open configuration dialog for Baloo search engine -->
779 &dolphin; is capable of searching for files and for content in files. If
<keycombo action=
"simul">
780 &Ctrl;<keycap>F
</keycap></keycombo> is pressed or
<menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit
</guimenu>
781 <guimenuitem>Find...
</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> is used, the
<guilabel>Find
</guilabel>
782 bar will open already set up to search for files within the current folder and any sub-folders.
783 Start to type into the find input box and the search starts immediately.
785 <screeninfo>Search files and for content in files
</screeninfo>
788 <imagedata fileref=
"nepomuk-search.png" format=
"PNG"/>
791 <phrase>Search files and for content in files
</phrase>
793 <caption><para>&dolphin; searching files and for content in files.
</para></caption>
797 <para>The search is case insensitive, and does not require surrounding wildcards
798 (
<userinput>*foo*
</userinput> and
<userinput>foo
</userinput> are equivalent),
799 but you can use wildcards inside the search term.
<userinput>*
</userinput> will match
800 zero or more characters,
<userinput>?
</userinput> only one single character.
</para>
801 <para>This feature can be used with running Baloo services; without these services
802 a KIOSlave is launched to provide the search results.
</para>
803 <para>The option from
<guilabel>Everywhere
</guilabel> with activated Baloo
804 services searches in all indexed folders, without Baloo this option
805 starts the search from the user's
<replaceable>Home
</replaceable> folder.
</para>
808 <screeninfo>Search with More Options
</screeninfo>
811 <imagedata fileref=
"nepomuk-search-more-options.png" format=
"PNG"/>
814 <phrase>Search with More Options
</phrase>
816 <caption><para>&dolphin; searching with More Options.
</para></caption>
821 Use the
<guilabel>More Options
</guilabel> button to extend the
<guilabel>Find
</guilabel>
822 bar. This provides a very comfortable way for
823 the user to shrink the number of search results.
</para>
824 <para>To start a search select one or more file types (
<guilabel>Documents
</guilabel>,
825 <guilabel>Audio
</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Video
</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Images
</guilabel>),
826 a time period and rating
<!--FIXME readd when again implemented: and tag, if you have defined any.--></para>
828 <para>Alternatively you can use these options in the
<guilabel>Places
</guilabel> panel
829 together with the
<guilabel>Filter
</guilabel> bar to find files using Baloo or limit
830 the search to files matching the filter expression.
</para>
834 <sect2 id=
"mounting-storage-media">
835 <title>Mounting Storage Media
</title>
838 A quick way to mount Storage Media is to click on the device in the
839 <guilabel>Places
</guilabel> panel. This will mount and open the device in
&dolphin;.
844 <sect2 id=
"undo-actions">
845 <title>Undo Actions
</title>
848 &dolphin; is capable of undoing changes you have made to files. For example if
849 you moved a file to the Trash,
&dolphin; can undo this and move it back to its
850 original location. To undo an action, press
<keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z
</keycap></keycombo>
851 or select
<menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit
</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Undo: (action name)
</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>
852 in the menu,
⪚ <guimenuitem>Undo: Rename
</guimenuitem>.
857 <sect2 id=
"batch-rename">
858 <title>Renaming A Batch Of Files
</title>
860 &dolphin; is capable of renaming a number of files at the same time. Each file
861 will have the file name specified, including a number,
⪚, Image1.jpg,
862 Image2.jpg, Image3.jpg. This can be useful,
⪚, for pictures taken with a digital camera.
866 If you wish to rename a batch of files, first select the files to be renamed.
867 This can be done by pressing the
&LMB; and drawing a rectangle around the files
868 to be renamed before releasing it, or by holding
&Ctrl; and clicking each file
869 to be renamed (see
<link linkend=
"selection">Selecting Items in the View
</link>
870 for more details on item selection). Then open the batch-rename dialog by pressing
871 <keycap>F2
</keycap> or via the File menu:
872 <menuchoice> <guimenu>File
</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Rename...
</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>
876 Then enter the name you wish to give the files. The # character must be present
877 within the name. The files will then be renamed, where the
<userinput>#
</userinput>
878 character is replaced by a different consecutive number for each file.
881 <para>If all file extensions in your selection are different, the name of all files
882 can be changed without using a
<userinput>#
</userinput> placeholder while preserving
883 the file extensions. This is
⪚ useful to rename a video file and all associated
884 subtitle files, which have the same filename, but different extensions.
888 <sect2 id=
"compare-files">
889 <title>Comparing A Selection Of Files or Folders
</title>
892 If the
&kompare; application is installed, you can use it to see the differences
893 between two files or folders.
897 First select the two files or folders to be compared. Then launch the
&kompare; application
898 via the Tools menu:
<menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools
</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Compare Files
</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
899 &kompare; will then open showing the differences between the files or folders.
904 <sect2 id=
"filter-files">
905 <title>Filtering Files
</title>
908 &dolphin; is capable of filtering files,
&ie; showing only those items in the
909 view whose name contains a given text. For example, if you wish to show
910 only the
<acronym>MP3
</acronym> files within a folder, you could filter for
<quote>.mp3
</quote>.
911 This would then filter out all files whose name does not contain
<quote>.mp3
</quote>.
915 To filter files, first enable the filter bar, either by pressing
<keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>I
</keycap></keycombo>
916 or via the menu:
<menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools
</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Filter Bar
</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
917 You can then enter the text to be filtered for in the filter bar. The filter bar can
918 be disabled either by pressing
&Esc;, or with a
&LMB; click on the
919 <guiicon>Hide Filter Bar
</guiicon> icon.
928 <chapter id=
"configuring-dolphin">
929 <title>Configuring
&dolphin;</title>
932 &dolphin; distinguishes two different kinds of settings:
937 Settings which affect the general behavior of
&dolphin;. These can be configured
938 using the
<link linkend=
"preferences-dialog">Preferences Dialog
</link>.
942 Settings which determine how the contents of a folder are displayed in
&dolphin;.
943 These settings are called
<link linkend=
"view-properties">View Properties
</link>
944 and can be controlled with toolbar buttons, via the
<guimenu>View
</guimenu> menu,
945 and with the
<link linkend=
"view-properties-dialog">View Properties Dialog
</link>.
946 In the default configuration, the view properties are remembered for each folder,
947 but
&dolphin; can also be configured to use common view properties for all folders
948 in the
<link linkend=
"preferences-dialog-general-behavior"><quote>General
</quote>
949 section of the settings
</link>.
956 <sect1 id=
"preferences-dialog">
957 <title>The
&dolphin; Preferences Dialog
</title>
959 The Preferences Dialog is opened via
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings
</guimenu>
960 <guimenuitem>Configure
&dolphin;...
</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the menu in
961 &dolphin;'s main window. The settings are divided into several groups which can
962 be accessed by clicking the corresponding icon on the left of the dialog.
965 <para>All settings except for the
<guilabel>Startup
</guilabel> page and the
<guilabel>Status Bar
</guilabel>
966 tab on the
<guilabel>General
</guilabel> page are shared with
&konqueror; in filemanager mode.
969 <sect2 id=
"preferences-dialog-startup">
970 <title>Startup
</title>
973 This group contains settings which control the appearance of
&dolphin; on startup.
976 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the Startup settings in
&dolphin;'s preferences dialog
</screeninfo>
979 <imagedata fileref=
"preferences-startup.png" format=
"PNG"/>
982 <phrase>Startup Settings.
</phrase>
984 <caption><para>Startup Settings in
&dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.
</para></caption>
991 The
<guilabel>Home Folder
</guilabel> is the folder which is opened on startup. The
992 location of the folder can be entered directly or chosen in a dialog which can
993 be opened by clicking the button showing a
<quote>folder
</quote> icon. Moreover,
994 the current location or the default location (which is the user's home folder)
995 can be used as the Home Folder by clicking the corresponding button.
999 <guilabel>Split View Mode
</guilabel> controls if the
1000 <link linkend=
"dolphin-view">&dolphin; view
</link> is split on startup
1005 <guilabel>Editable location bar
</guilabel> controls if the location bar is in
1006 editable mode on startup. The bread crumb mode of the location bar is used
1007 otherwise. See the
<link linkend=
"location-bar">section about the location bar
</link>
1008 for details about the two modes.
1012 If
<guilabel>Show full path inside location bar
</guilabel> is enabled, the full
1013 path of the current location is shown in the bread crumb mode of the location bar.
1014 Otherwise, a shortened version of the path is shown if it begins with the path of
1015 one of the places in the
<guilabel>Places
</guilabel> panel.
1019 <guilabel>Show filter bar
</guilabel> controls if the filter bar is shown on
1020 startup or not. See the
<link linkend=
"filter-files">section on the filter bar
</link>
1030 <sect2 id=
"preferences-dialog-viewmodes">
1031 <title>View Modes
</title>
1034 This group contains settings which control the behavior of
&dolphin;'s view
1035 modes. The three view modes (Icons, Compact, and Details) are accessible via the
1039 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the Icons View settings in
&dolphin;'s preferences dialog
</screeninfo>
1042 <imagedata fileref=
"preferences-viewmodes-icons.png" format=
"PNG"/>
1045 <phrase>View Modes Settings.
</phrase>
1047 <caption><para>View Modes Settings in
&dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.
</para></caption>
1053 <sect3 id=
"preferences-dialog-viewmodes-common">
1054 <title>Common settings for all view modes
</title>
1057 All three view modes have some common settings:
1062 Sliders which control the size of the icons. The
<guilabel>Default
</guilabel> or
1063 <guilabel>Preview
</guilabel> sizes are used if previews are disabled or enabled,
1064 respectively. Note that the icon size can be changed easily with the zoom slider
1065 in the status bar if the corresponding option is enabled in the
1066 <link linkend=
"preferences-dialog-general-statusbar"><quote>General
</quote>
1067 section of the settings
</link>.
1071 A setting for the font used in the view mode: either the system font or a
1072 custom font can be chosen.
1077 The other settings in the
<guilabel>Text
</guilabel> section which apply to only
1078 one of the view modes are discussed below.
1083 <sect3 id=
"preferences-dialog-viewmodes-icons">
1084 <title>Icons
</title>
1088 <guilabel>Width
</guilabel> controls the minimum width that is reserved for
1089 the text of a file item.
1092 <guilabel>Maximum lines
</guilabel> means maximum number of text lines below the icon.
1098 <sect3 id=
"preferences-dialog-viewmodes-compact">
1099 <title>Compact
</title>
1103 <guilabel>Maximum width
</guilabel> controls the maximum width that is reserved for
1104 the text of a file item.
1110 <sect3 id=
"preferences-dialog-viewmodes-details">
1111 <title>Details
</title>
1115 <guilabel>Expandable folders
</guilabel> determines whether any folders that have subfolders
1116 are displayed in a tree view, where the sub items can be expanded by
&LMB; clicking the
1117 <guiicon>></guiicon> icon and collapsed by clicking the
<guiicon>v
</guiicon> icon.
1125 <sect2 id=
"preferences-dialog-navigation">
1126 <title>Navigation
</title>
1129 This group contains settings which control how navigation in the folder
1130 structure and in archives works.
1133 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the Navigation settings in
&dolphin;'s preferences dialog
</screeninfo>
1136 <imagedata fileref=
"preferences-navigation.png" format=
"PNG"/>
1139 <phrase>Navigation Settings.
</phrase>
1141 <caption><para>Navigation Settings in
&dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.
</para></caption>
1148 The option to open items with a single or double mouse click is a system wide setting and can be
1149 changed in the
&systemsettings; in the
<menuchoice><guimenu>Input Devices
</guimenu>
1150 <guimenuitem>Mouse
</guimenuitem></menuchoice> module.
</para>
1154 Archives will be opened inside
&dolphin;, and not in an external application, if
1155 <guilabel>Open Archives as folder
</guilabel> is enabled.
1159 If
<guilabel>Open folders during drag operations
</guilabel> is enabled, dragging
1160 an item with the mouse and hovering over a folder with it for a short time will open
1161 that folder. This allows you to move or copy items quickly to folders which are
1162 several levels deeper in the folder hierarchy.
1171 <sect2 id=
"preferences-dialog-services">
1172 <title>Services
</title>
1175 This group offers a selection of services that can be shown in the
1176 <guisubmenu>Actions
</guisubmenu> submenu of
&dolphin;'s context menu which
1177 appears when clicking a file or folder with the
&RMB;.
1181 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the Services settings in
&dolphin;'s preferences dialog
</screeninfo>
1184 <imagedata fileref=
"preferences-services.png" format=
"PNG"/>
1187 <phrase>Services Settings.
</phrase>
1189 <caption><para>Services Settings in
&dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.
</para></caption>
1194 Using the
<guibutton>Download New Services
</guibutton> you can fetch additional
1195 services for the context menu.
1198 If you have installed
&dolphin;'s plugins for
<guilabel>Bazaar
</guilabel>,
1199 <guilabel>Mercurial
</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Git
</guilabel> or
1200 <guilabel>Subversion
</guilabel> from the kdesdk module these services are shown in the list.
1201 If these plugins are enabled and you enter a folder which is under version control,
1202 the version state (locally changed, up to date
&etc;) is indicated by icons
1203 and you have additional entries in the
1204 context menu like commit, update, add, remove
&etc;
1207 In the service list you can also choose if the
<guimenuitem>Delete
</guimenuitem>,
1208 <guimenuitem>Copy To
</guimenuitem>, and
<guimenuitem>Move To
</guimenuitem>
1209 commands are shown in the context menu.
1212 &dolphin; has to be restarted to activate the changes for some of these settings.
1213 <!--FIXME wrong for Copy To + Move To + Delete, what about the other items?-->
1218 <sect2 id=
"preferences-dialog-trash">
1219 <title>Trash
</title>
1222 This group contains settings which control the behavior of the trash.
1225 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the Trash settings in
&dolphin;'s preferences dialog
</screeninfo>
1228 <imagedata fileref=
"preferences-trash.png" format=
"PNG"/>
1231 <phrase>Trash Settings.
</phrase>
1233 <caption><para>Trash Settings in
&dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.
</para></caption>
1240 Files which are older than a configurable number of days can be deleted automatically.
1244 The size of the trash can be limited to a configurable percentage of the disk
1245 size. If this limit is reached, a warning can be issued, or the oldest or
1246 largest files can be deleted automatically.
1255 <sect2 id=
"preferences-dialog-general">
1256 <title>General
</title>
1259 This group contains settings which control the general behavior of
&dolphin;.
1260 The group is divided further into four subgroups which can be accessed using the
1264 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the General settings in
&dolphin;'s preferences dialog
</screeninfo>
1267 <imagedata fileref=
"preferences-general-behavior.png" format=
"PNG"/>
1270 <phrase>General Settings.
</phrase>
1272 <caption><para>General Settings in
&dolphin;'s Preferences Dialog.
</para></caption>
1278 <sect3 id=
"preferences-dialog-general-behavior">
1279 <title>Behavior Tab
</title>
1286 In the
<guilabel>View
</guilabel> section, you can configure whether the
1287 <link linkend=
"view-properties"> view properties
</link> are stored for each
1288 folder or if common view properties are to be used for all folders.
1292 <guilabel>Sorting Mode
</guilabel> controls how items are sorted in
1293 the view. If
<guilabel>Natural sorting
</guilabel> is enabled, the sort order of three example files
1296 <listitem><para>File1,
</para></listitem>
1297 <listitem><para>File2,
</para></listitem>
1298 <listitem><para>File10.
</para></listitem>
1300 If this option is disabled, the normal alphabetical sorting case sensitive or case insensitive
1301 will be used, which leads to the sort order
1303 <listitem><para>File1,
</para></listitem>
1304 <listitem><para>File10,
</para></listitem>
1305 <listitem><para>File2.
</para></listitem>
1310 When hovering over a file or folder with the mouse, a small window with relevant
1311 information is shown if
<guilabel>Show tooltips
</guilabel> is enabled.
1315 <guilabel>Show selection marker
</guilabel> shows a small
<guibutton>+
</guibutton>
1316 or
<guibutton>-
</guibutton> button above an item's icon if the item is hovered over
1317 with the mouse. These can be used to select or deselect the item.
1321 Enable
<guilabel>Rename inline
</guilabel> to use this mode if only one item is currently selected.
1322 If this option is disabled or several items are selected, a dialog will be displayed for renaming.
1331 <sect3 id=
"preferences-dialog-general-previews">
1332 <title>Previews Tab
</title>
1335 In this tab, you can configure for which file types previews are shown.
1336 Moreover, the maximum size of remote files for which previews are generated can be chosen.
1339 If previews are enabled for folders, previews of some files in the folder will
1340 be shown inside a folder's icon.
1344 <sect3 id=
"preferences-dialog-general-confirmations">
1345 <title>Confirmations Tab
</title>
1347 In the ask for confirmation section, you can enable warning dialogs that
1348 are shown before potentially harmful actions .
1350 <warning><para>The confirmation settings for
<guilabel>Moving files or folders to trash
</guilabel> and
1351 <guilabel>Deleting files or folders
</guilabel> affect file operations in
&dolphin;,
&konqueror;,
1352 <application>Gwenview
</application> and all
&kde; applications using the default
&kde; file dialog,
1353 whereas
<guilabel>Closing Dolphin windows
1354 with multiple tabs
</guilabel> is a
&dolphin; <!--and &konqueror;--> specific setting.
</para></warning>
1357 <sect3 id=
"preferences-dialog-general-statusbar">
1358 <title>Status Bar Tab
</title>
1361 In this tab, some additional items can be enabled for the status bar, provided
1362 the status bar is wide enough:
1367 A
<guilabel>zoom slider
</guilabel> which can be used to change the icon size quickly.
1371 A bar that shows how much space is free on the current drive.
1383 <!-- begin copy to konqueror filemanager.docbook -->
1384 <sect1 id=
"view-properties">
1385 <title>Folder View Properties
</title>
1388 The following settings control how the contents of a folder are displayed in the
1389 &dolphin; view, and are stored on a per-folder basis by default:
1394 The view mode (Icons, Compact, Details)
1398 The sorting of items, which is determined by the sort order (ascending,
1399 descending) and the attribute (such as name, size,...) that the items are
1404 Sorting of folders and files
– are folders shown first or not?
1408 Previews
– are they shown instead of icons (based on the settings made in
1409 <link linkend=
"preferences-dialog-general-previews"><guilabel>Previews
</guilabel>
1410 tab of
&dolphin;'s General settings
</link>) or not?
1414 Are items shown in groups in the views?
1418 Are hidden files shown?
1422 What additional information (besides the name) is shown in the Icons or Details view?
1427 The view properties can be configured in the
1428 <menuchoice><guimenu>View
</guimenu></menuchoice> menu, some (such as the view
1429 mode) can also be changed using toolbar buttons.
1432 <sect2 id=
"view-properties-dialog">
1433 <title>The View Properties Dialog
</title>
1438 <screeninfo>Screenshot of the View Properties dialog
</screeninfo>
1441 <imagedata fileref=
"viewproperties-dialog.png" format=
"PNG"/>
1444 <phrase>The View Properties dialog.
</phrase>
1446 <caption><para>The View Properties Dialog.
</para></caption>
1450 The
<guilabel>View Properties
</guilabel> dialog can be used to quickly modify
1451 several view properties at once. This is done for the current folder, for the
1452 current folder including all subfolders, or even for all folders, depending on
1453 the choice made in the
<guilabel>Apply View Properties To
</guilabel> section.
1457 If
<guilabel>Use these view properties as default
</guilabel> is enabled, the chosen view
1458 properties will also be used for all folders which do not have customized view
1465 <!-- end copy to konqueror filemanager.docbook -->
1468 <chapter id=
"command-reference">
1469 <title>Command Reference
</title>
1470 <para>By default the menubar is not shown. All actions described here either can
1471 be accessed with toolbar buttons or with items in the menu of the
1472 <guibutton>Control
</guibutton> toolbar button.
</para>
1474 <sect1 id=
"commands-menubar">
1475 <title>The Menubar in
&dolphin;'s Main Window
</title>
1478 <title>The File Menu
</title>
1484 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1485 <guisubmenu>Create New
</guisubmenu>
1486 </menuchoice></term>
1487 <listitem><para><action>Creates a new object (such as a folder or a text file) in the current
1488 folder.
</action></para>
1489 <para>You will find an explanation of all available objects in
&konqueror;'s handbook in the chapter
1490 <ulink url=
"help:/konqueror/making.html">Create New
</ulink>.
</para>
1497 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N
</keycap></keycombo>
1499 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1500 <guimenuitem>New Window
</guimenuitem>
1501 </menuchoice></term>
1502 <listitem><para><action>Opens a new
&dolphin; window.
</action></para></listitem>
1508 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>T
</keycap></keycombo>
1510 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1511 <guimenuitem>New Tab
</guimenuitem>
1512 </menuchoice></term>
1513 <listitem><para><action>Opens a new tab.
</action></para></listitem>
1519 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W
</keycap></keycombo>
1521 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1522 <guimenuitem>Close Tab
</guimenuitem>
1523 </menuchoice></term>
1524 <listitem><para><action>Closes the current tab.
</action></para></listitem>
1530 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>T
</keycap></keycombo>
1532 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1533 <guimenuitem>Undo close tab
</guimenuitem>
1534 </menuchoice></term>
1535 <listitem><para><action>Reopens the last closed tab.
</action></para></listitem>
1541 <keycombo action=
"simul"><keycap>F2
</keycap></keycombo>
1543 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1544 <guimenuitem>Rename
</guimenuitem>
1545 </menuchoice></term>
1546 <listitem><para><action>Renames one currently selected item inline.
1547 Opens the
<link linkend=
"batch-rename">batch rename dialog
</link> if several
1548 items are selected.
</action></para></listitem>
1554 <keycombo action=
"simul"><keycap>Del
</keycap></keycombo>
1556 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1557 <guimenuitem>Move to Trash
</guimenuitem>
1558 </menuchoice></term>
1559 <listitem><para><action>Moves the currently selected item(s) to the
1560 trash.
</action></para></listitem>
1566 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Shift;<keycap>Del
</keycap></keycombo>
1568 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1569 <guimenuitem>Delete
</guimenuitem>
1570 </menuchoice></term>
1571 <listitem><para><action>Permanently deletes the currently selected item(s). The items are not moved
1572 to the trash and cannot be restored.
</action></para></listitem>
1578 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Alt;<keycap>Return
</keycap></keycombo>
1580 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1581 <guimenuitem>Properties
</guimenuitem>
1582 </menuchoice></term>
1583 <listitem><para><action>Shows the properties dialog for the currently selected
1584 item(s).
</action></para></listitem>
1586 <!--FIXME http://www.aelog.org/checksums-made-easy in fundamentals? -->
1590 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q
</keycap></keycombo>
1592 <guimenu>File
</guimenu>
1593 <guimenuitem>Quit
</guimenuitem>
1594 </menuchoice></term>
1595 <listitem><para><action>Exits
&dolphin;.
</action></para></listitem>
1603 <title>The Edit Menu
</title>
1610 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z
</keycap></keycombo>
1612 <guimenu>Edit
</guimenu>
1613 <guimenuitem>Undo
</guimenuitem>
1614 </menuchoice></term>
1615 <listitem><para><action>Undoes the last action performed by
&dolphin;.
</action></para></listitem>
1621 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X
</keycap></keycombo>
1623 <guimenu>Edit
</guimenu>
1624 <guimenuitem>Cut
</guimenuitem>
1625 </menuchoice></term>
1626 <listitem><para><action>Cuts the currently selected item(s).
</action></para></listitem>
1632 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C
</keycap></keycombo>
1634 <guimenu>Edit
</guimenu>
1635 <guimenuitem>Copy
</guimenuitem>
1636 </menuchoice></term>
1637 <listitem><para><action>Copies the currently selected item(s).
</action></para></listitem>
1643 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V
</keycap></keycombo>
1645 <guimenu>Edit
</guimenu>
1646 <guimenuitem>Paste Clipboard Contents...
</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
1647 <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit
</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste one File
</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
1648 <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit
</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste one Folder
</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
1649 <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit
</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste x Items
</guimenuitem>
1650 </menuchoice></term>
1651 <listitem><para><action>Pastes the currently copied/cut items to the current
1652 folder. If the clipboard does not contain files or folders, the clipboard
1653 contents (such as text or image data) will be pasted into a new file.
1654 The name of this file has to be entered in a dialog.
1655 </action></para></listitem>
1661 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F
</keycap></keycombo>
1663 <guimenu>Edit
</guimenu>
1664 <guimenuitem>Find...
</guimenuitem>
1665 </menuchoice></term>
1666 <listitem><para><action>Opens the find bar. Enter a search term into the edit box and select to search for filename
1667 or in contents of files starting from the current folder or everywhere.
</action></para></listitem>
1673 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A
</keycap></keycombo>
1675 <guimenu>Edit
</guimenu>
1676 <guimenuitem>Select All
</guimenuitem>
1677 </menuchoice></term>
1678 <listitem><para><action>Selects all files and folders in the current
1679 folder.
</action></para></listitem>
1685 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>A
</keycap></keycombo>
1687 <guimenu>Edit
</guimenu>
1688 <guimenuitem>Invert Selection
</guimenuitem>
1689 </menuchoice></term>
1690 <listitem><para><action>
1691 Selects all unselected items and deselects all selected items in the current folder.
1692 </action></para></listitem>
1699 <title>The View Menu
</title>
1706 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+
</keycap></keycombo>
1708 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1709 <guimenuitem>Zoom In
</guimenuitem>
1710 </menuchoice></term>
1711 <listitem><para><action>Increases the size of icons in the view.
</action></para></listitem>
1717 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-
</keycap></keycombo>
1719 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1720 <guimenuitem>Zoom Out
</guimenuitem>
1721 </menuchoice></term>
1722 <listitem><para><action>Decreases the size of icons in the view.
</action></para></listitem>
1727 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1728 <guisubmenu>View Mode
</guisubmenu>
1729 </menuchoice></term>
1730 <listitem><para><action>Changes the view mode to
<guimenuitem>Icons
</guimenuitem>
1731 (
<keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>1</keycap></keycombo>),
<guimenuitem>Compact
</guimenuitem>
1732 (
<keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>2</keycap></keycombo>) or
<guimenuitem>Details
</guimenuitem>
1733 (
<keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>3</keycap></keycombo>).
</action></para></listitem>
1738 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1739 <guisubmenu>Sort By
</guisubmenu>
1740 </menuchoice></term>
1741 <listitem><para><action>Changes whether items are sorted
</action> by
<guimenuitem>Name
</guimenuitem>
1742 or other criteria described in
<link linkend=
"dolphin-view-information">Information in the View
</link>.
</para>
1743 <para><guimenuitem>Descending
</guimenuitem> reverses the sort order.
1744 <guimenuitem>Folders First
</guimenuitem> sorts folders before files.
1750 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1751 <guisubmenu>Additional Information
</guisubmenu>
1752 </menuchoice></term>
1753 <listitem><para><action>Displays additional information
</action>
1754 described in
<link linkend=
"dolphin-view-information">Information in the View
</link>.
1760 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1761 <guimenuitem>Preview
</guimenuitem>
1762 </menuchoice></term>
1763 <listitem><para><action>Displays a symbolic preview of the file contents
</action> in the different
1764 view modes.
</para></listitem>
1769 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1770 <guimenuitem>Show in Groups
</guimenuitem>
1771 </menuchoice></term>
1772 <listitem><para><action>Displays
</action> the content of the
1773 current folder grouped by the option selected in
<guimenuitem>Sort By
</guimenuitem>.
1780 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Alt;<keycap>.
</keycap></keycombo>
1782 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1783 <guimenuitem>Hidden Files
</guimenuitem>
1784 </menuchoice></term>
1785 <listitem><para><action>Shows all the hidden files and sub-folders within the current
1786 folder.
</action></para></listitem>
1792 <keycombo action=
"simul"><keycap>F3
</keycap></keycombo>
1794 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1795 <guimenuitem>Split
</guimenuitem>
1796 </menuchoice></term>
1797 <listitem><para><action>Enables and disables the split view mode.
</action></para></listitem>
1803 <keycombo action=
"simul"><keycap>F5
</keycap></keycombo>
1805 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1806 <guimenuitem>Reload
</guimenuitem>
1807 </menuchoice></term>
1808 <listitem><para><action>Reloads the current folder.
</action></para></listitem>
1813 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1814 <guimenuitem>Stop
</guimenuitem>
1815 </menuchoice></term>
1816 <listitem><para><action>Stops loading/reading the contents of the current
1817 folder.
</action></para></listitem>
1822 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1823 <guisubmenu>Panels
</guisubmenu>
1824 </menuchoice></term>
1825 <listitem><para><action>Enables and disables
</action> the different
<link linkend=
"panels">panels
</link>:
1826 <guimenuitem>Places
</guimenuitem> (
<keycap>F9
</keycap>),
<guimenuitem>Information
</guimenuitem>
1827 (
<keycap>F11
</keycap>),
<guimenuitem>Folders
</guimenuitem> (
<keycap>F7
</keycap>),
1828 <guimenuitem>Terminal
</guimenuitem> (
<keycap>F4
</keycap>).
1829 With
<guimenuitem>Lock Panels
</guimenuitem> the panel header with caption and two buttons is
1830 hidden to save space and the panels are immutable, with
<guimenuitem>Unlock Panels
</guimenuitem>
1831 the header is visible and the panel can be moved to the right or left or even
1832 outside the main window.
1833 <!-- FIXME Places header always visible ?-->
1842 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1843 <guisubmenu>Location Bar
</guisubmenu>
1844 <guimenuitem>Editable Location
</guimenuitem>
1845 </menuchoice></term>
1846 <listitem><para><action>Changes the location bar between the two modes; the
1847 <link linkend=
"location-bar-bread-crumb">bread crumb mode
</link> and the
1848 <link linkend=
"location-bar-editable">editable mode
</link>.
1849 </action></para></listitem>
1855 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>L
</keycap></keycombo>
1857 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1858 <guisubmenu>Location Bar
</guisubmenu>
1859 <guimenuitem>Replace Location
</guimenuitem>
1860 </menuchoice></term>
1861 <listitem><para><action>Switches the location bar to
<link linkend=
"location-bar-editable">editable mode
</link>,
1862 if necessary, and selects the location such that it can be replaced quickly.
1863 </action></para></listitem>
1868 <guimenu>View
</guimenu>
1869 <guimenuitem>Adjust View Properties...
</guimenuitem>
1870 </menuchoice></term>
1871 <listitem><para><action>Opens the
<link linkend=
"view-properties-dialog">View Properties
1872 Dialog
</link>.
</action></para></listitem>
1880 <title>The Go Menu
</title>
1887 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Alt;<keycap>Up
</keycap></keycombo>
1889 <guimenu>Go
</guimenu>
1890 <guimenuitem>Up
</guimenuitem>
1891 </menuchoice></term>
1892 <listitem><para><action>Changes to the folder above the current folder.
</action></para></listitem>
1898 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Alt;<keycap>Left
</keycap></keycombo>
1900 <guimenu>Go
</guimenu>
1901 <guimenuitem>Back
</guimenuitem>
1902 </menuchoice></term>
1903 <listitem><para><action>Changes to the previously viewed folder.
</action></para></listitem>
1909 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Alt;<keycap>Right
</keycap></keycombo>
1911 <guimenu>Go
</guimenu>
1912 <guimenuitem>Forward
</guimenuitem>
1913 </menuchoice></term>
1914 <listitem><para><action>Undoes
</action> a
<quote>Go Back
</quote> action.
</para></listitem>
1920 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Alt;<keycap>Home
</keycap></keycombo>
1922 <guimenu>Go
</guimenu>
1923 <guimenuitem>Home
</guimenuitem>
1924 </menuchoice></term>
1925 <listitem><para><action>Changes to the users home folder,
⪚
1926 /home/Peter/.
</action></para></listitem>
1931 <guimenu>Go
</guimenu>
1932 <guisubmenu>Recently Closed Tabs
</guisubmenu>
1933 </menuchoice></term>
1934 <listitem><para><action>Shows a list of recently closed tabs which can
1935 be reopened.
</action></para></listitem>
1942 <title>The Tools Menu
</title>
1949 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>I
</keycap></keycombo>
1951 <guimenu>Tools
</guimenu>
1952 <guimenuitem>Show Filter Bar
</guimenuitem>
1953 </menuchoice></term>
1954 <listitem><para><action>Enables and disables the
<link linkend=
"filter-files">filter bar
</link>.
</action></para></listitem>
1960 <keycombo action=
"simul">&Shift;<keycap>F4
</keycap></keycombo>
1962 <guimenu>Tools
</guimenu>
1963 <guimenuitem>Open Terminal
</guimenuitem>
1964 </menuchoice></term>
1965 <listitem><para><action>Opens
&konsole; within the current folder.
</action></para></listitem>
1970 <guimenu>Tools
</guimenu>
1971 <guimenuitem>Compare Files
</guimenuitem>
1972 </menuchoice></term>
1973 <listitem><para><action>Compare the currently selected files or folders with
1974 &kompare;. This action is only enabled if two files or folders are selected.
</action></para></listitem>
1979 <guimenu>Tools
</guimenu>
1980 <guisubmenu>Select Remote Charset
</guisubmenu>
1981 </menuchoice></term>
1982 <listitem><para><action>Allows you to choose the charset used by a remote
1983 connection manually.
</action></para></listitem>
1990 <title>The Settings and Help Menu
</title>
1992 &dolphin; has the common
&kde; <guimenu>Settings
</guimenu> and
<guimenu>Help
</guimenu>
1993 menu items, for more information read the sections about the
<ulink url=
"help:/fundamentals/ui.html#menus-settings"
1994 >Settings Menu
</ulink> and
<ulink url=
"help:/fundamentals/ui.html#menus-help">Help Menu
</ulink>
1995 of the
&kde; Fundamentals.
2002 <chapter id=
"misc-questions">
2003 <title>Miscellaneous Questions
</title>
2005 <qandaset id=
"misclist">
2008 <para>Has
&dolphin; replaced
&konqueror;?
</para>
2012 &dolphin; is not intended to be a competitor to
&konqueror;:
&konqueror; acts as
2013 a universal viewer being able to show
&HTML; pages, text documents, folders and a
2014 lot more, whereas
&dolphin; focuses on being only a file manager. This approach
2015 allows the optimization of the user interface for the task of file management.
2022 <para>How can I get involved with the development of
&dolphin;?
</para>
2026 The easiest way to get involved with
&dolphin; is to subscribe to the developer
2027 mailing list
<ulink url=
"https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kfm-devel">kfm-devel
</ulink>
2028 and drop an email to the developer mailing list. Email what you can do, how much time
2029 you can devote
&etc;, the developers will let you know what you can do in the
2030 project. If you wish to contribute to the documentation please email the
2031 <ulink url=
"mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org">&kde; Documentation Team
</ulink> list.
2038 <para>How can I submit bug reports?
</para>
2042 The official channel for submitting bug reports is via the
&kde; bug tracking
2043 system. The
&kde; bug tracker can be found at
2044 <ulink url=
"http://bugs.kde.org">http://bugs.kde.org
</ulink>.
2051 <para>How can I submit feature requests?
</para>
2055 The official channel for submitting feature requests is via the
&kde; bug
2056 tracking system. The
&kde; bug tracker can be found at
2057 <ulink url=
"http://bugs.kde.org">http://bugs.kde.org
</ulink>.
2066 <chapter id=
"credits">
2068 <title>Credits and License
</title>
2074 Program copyright
2006–2014 Peter Penz
<email>peter.penz@gmx.at
</email>,
2075 Frank Reininghaus
<email>frank78ac@googlemail.com
</email> and Emmanuel Pescosta
2076 <email>emmanuelpescosta099@gmail.com
</email> </para>
2080 <listitem><para>Cvetoslav Ludmiloff
<email>ludmiloff@gmail.com
</email></para></listitem>
2081 <listitem><para>Stefan Monov
<email>logixoul@gmail.com
</email></para></listitem>
2082 <listitem><para>Michael Austin
<email>tuxedup@users.sourceforge.net
</email></para></listitem>
2083 <listitem><para>&Orville.Bennett; &Orville.Bennett.mail;
</para></listitem>
2088 Documentation copyright
2005 Peter Penz
<email>peter.penz@gmx.at
</email>
2091 Documentation copyright
2006 &Orville.Bennett; &Orville.Bennett.mail;
2094 Documentation copyright
2006 Michael Austin
<email>tuxedup@users.sourceforge.net
</email>
2097 Documentation copyright
2009 Frank Reininghaus
<email>frank78ac@googlemail.com
</email>
2100 <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS -->
2102 &underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove -->
2103 &underGPL; <!-- GPL License -->
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