View Modes
In File Manager mode, Konqueror lists which files and subfolders are contained within a given folder and can provide you with some information about them. The “path” of the current folder is shown in the Location Toolbar. The way that Konqueror displays the files and folders depends mainly on your choice of view mode which can be selected from the -> sub menu. The view modes Konqueror provides are outlined below.
Displays an icon and a name for each file or subfolder in the current folder.
Files of certain types may display a preview of their contents instead of the default icon. The file types selected for preview are controlled by the -> sub menu settings. See the section File Previews of this handbook for more details.
Is similar to except that the current folder contents are organized into columns instead of rows. Files may be previewed in as they are in .
Can be used to navigate the folder tree starting at the current folder. Each file and subfolder is shown on its own line. Folders can be expanded to reveal their contents by clicking on the preceding + sign. Similarly, an expanded folder's contents can be hidden by clicking on the - sign.
In addition to the file name, some file detail information is shown on each line. The details are controlled by the -> sub menu settings.
Displays each file on a separate line similar to the except that the detail information is specific to the file type. This feature is controlled by the -> sub menu.
For example: If the file type is “Folder,” then the contents information is shown. Viewing as “JPEG Images” shows the pixel dimensions and EXIF data if available, and viewing as “Plain Text” shows the lines, words, characters, and format.
Displays each file or folder on a separate line, as an 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.
Is similar to the except that icons are not shown and the first character in each line will be “/” if the item is a folder.
Transforms Konqueror into a simple viewing application for the current folder. Most of the main window renders a selected image, and thumbnails of the image files in the current directory are previewed along the side.
Creates a visual representation of the folder tree that reflects the file sizes of the folder contents. The window area represents all of the disk space used by the contents of the current folder. Subfolders and their contents are represented as rectangular blocks. The area of each block is proportional to the size of its contents. Various modifications to this visualization are controlled via the sub menus of the menu.
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.
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.
