Dolphin columns view

Is there a way to get Dolphin to display the contents of a
directory with more than one column? I’ve clicked the “Columns”
button, expecting something similar to the list view in Windows,
but found it should have been labeled “Column” because it’s just
like “Details” view, without the details. I miss Konqueror.

I miss Konqueror too.

Regards,
Barry.

I figured out a little bit. It seems that to view the
contents as a list in columns, don’t select “Columns” but
“Icons”. The icon size can be made small enough, and the grid
arrangement can be set to “columns”. It seems counter-
intuitive, but it works to some degree.

Barry Nichols wrote:

>
> Tom Millican;2082897 Wrote:
>> Is there a way to get Dolphin to display the contents of a
>> directory with more than one column? I’ve clicked the
“Columns”
>> button, expecting something similar to the list view in
Windows,
>> but found it should have been labeled “Column” because
it’s just
>> like “Details” view, without the details. I miss
Konqueror.
>
> I miss Konqueror too.
>
>
> Regards,
> Barry.
>
>

I was feeling that way earlier today. Then I went to Yast/Software manager. I found not only that it was there but it was already installed!

What are you hoping for when you select “columns?”

I started using KDE only recently and had a little experience with Konquerer when Dolphin came along. While Dolphin was foreign at first, I’ve warmed up to it. Dolphin’s “Columns” display is actually quite powerful, though I haven’t yet figured out how to take advantage of all it can do. The “Columns” display gives a side-by-side (by-side-by-side-by-side . . .) display of as many “targets” as you can fit on your display.

Select “Columns.” You’ll probably initially see 2 columns. Figure out how to display different sources in each, giving you the ability to move/copy/etc subjects between the two columns. Then stretch the application as wide as your display will allow, and many more columns will appear. The new columns are scrollable left and right, so there are more columns available that you won’t see immediately. That’s pretty cool, and there’s a lot of power there.

Maybe what IS available doesn’t give what you think of when you think “columns”, but the provided implementation is what it is, and I find it pretty useful.

Thanks for asking the question, and I’d like to hear what you hope for when you think “columns.”

Ahh. I see now. I was stumped over why so much of the box was
grey with nothing in it. I had used “Split” similarly, which
I do like. I’ll have to play with that. What I expected was
for the files in a directory to be listed in columns making
it easier to browse directories with a lot of contents (for
me at least).
Konqueror is available and installed, but Dolphin often opens
even if Konqueror is set as the browser and I couldn’t set
preferences for it (like single click to open vs double
click). Of course, I could have been using it wrong.
Thanks.
-tom

GregBrannon wrote:

>
> What are you hoping for when you select “columns?”
>
> I started using KDE only recently and had a little
experience with
> Konquerer when Dolphin came along. While Dolphin was
foreign at first,
> I’ve warmed up to it. Dolphin’s “Columns” display is
actually quite
> powerful, though I haven’t yet figured out how to take
advantage of all
> it can do. The “Columns” display gives a side-by-side
> (by-side-by-side-by-side . . .) display of as many
“targets” as you can
> fit on your display.
>
> Select “Columns.” You’ll probably initially see 2 columns.
Figure out
> how to display different sources in each, giving you the
ability to
> move/copy/etc subjects between the two columns. Then
stretch the
> application as wide as your display will allow, and many
more columns
> will appear. The new columns are scrollable left and
right, so there
> are more columns available that you won’t see immediately.
That’s
> pretty cool, and there’s a lot of power there.
>
> Maybe what IS available doesn’t give what you think of when
you think
> “columns”, but the provided implementation is what it is,
and I find it
> pretty useful.
>
> Thanks for asking the question, and I’d like to hear what
you hope for
> when you think “columns.”
>
>