In File Manager mode, Konqueror shows you what files and subfolders are held in a folder, and can provide you with some information about them.
The “path” of the folder you are looking at is shown in
the Titlebar, and also in the Location Toolbar, prefixed with “file:
” to indicate that the folder is part of your computer's normal file
system. For example file:/home/pam
.
The way that Konqueror displays the files and folders depends mainly on your choice of View Mode. This can be selected from the -> sub menu, which gives you the following options:
Displays the name and a suitable icon for each file or folder.
Similar to except that the display is neatly formatted into regular columns.
Displays each file or folder on a separate line, as a small icon followed by the file or folder name followed by information about the item. The amount of information shown is controlled by the -> sub menu settings.
Similar to except that icons are not shown and the first character in each line will be “/” if the item is a folder.
This option is useful for navigating through the folder tree below the current folder. The display is similar to except that the start of each line will show a small + sign in a box if the item is a folder. clicking on the box will expand the display to show the contents of that folder.
Similar to except that, where applicable, it shows the number of lines, words and characters and file format for each file.
The default file icons shown in and modes can be replaced by small preview images of the file contents, see the section File Previews of this handbook for more details.
Checking the Show file tips box in the Behavior page of the Konqueror Configuration dialog causes a small pop up information window to appear when the mouse pointer is hovered over a file or folder name or icon in or mode.
If the Show previews in file tips checkbox is checked the pop up window will also show a small image of the file contents.
Selecting -> from the Menubar will bring up a sub menu that lets you enable file previews for certain types of file.
Generally this means that the file's icon will be replaced by a small image showing the file contents.
If file preview is enabled for the file will be played whenever the mouse cursor is hovering over the file name or icon.
Note that file previews are only available in and modes.
Because Konqueror has to read much more data than just the file name details to generate a preview, file previews may not be appropriate when viewing files on a floppy or from a remote system. The Previews page of the File Manager Configuration dialog allows you to disable file previews for protocols such as ftp where reading the extra data would take too long.
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