This Week in KDE Apps
Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in KDE Apps"! Every week we cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps.
As Carl is still in vacation, this issue is only partially complete.
System Apps
Dolphin Manage your files
The Dolphin search integration has been rewritten from scratch. Notably, users can now switch the search tool between a simple search algorithm and one using file indexing and offering advanced search options. This way users are no longer forced to use the file index whenever it is available and can instead search in a slower but more reliable manner.
The overall user interface design is much improved with better clarity about what is currently being searched and which parameters can be changed. It was designed in a collaborative effort by Kristen McWilliam, Jin Liu, Andy Betts, Tagwerk, Felix Ernst, and a few others. (Felix Ernst, 25.08.0. Link)
The "Show in Groups" action was moved from the "View" menu to the "Sort By" menu. (Nate Graham, 25.08.0. Link)
The "Change View Mode" button which was recently added to Dolphin's default tool bar configuration is now icon-only by default (just like we had intended). (Akseli Lahtinen, 25.08.0. Link)
In the Trash context menu the "Properties" action is now once again in the last position just like in all the other Dolphin view context menus. This now-fixed inconsistency was an unintended side-effect of us moving the "Delete" action last to make it less likely to click it by accident when aiming at "Restore". (Kai Uwe Broulik, 25.08.0. Link)
Dolphin will now hide the background of the navigation bar when it's outside of the toolbar. (Akseli Lahtinen, 25.08.0. Link)
Other
Various improvements were made for the KDE Open and Save dialog:
- People using single-click selection can now click on checkboxes to select individual items in multi-selection dialogs. This works similarly to how it does in Dolphin. (Akseli Lahtinen, KIO 6.14. Link)
- Open and Save dialogs now allow quickly filtering through files by filename when pressing CTRL+I or Backslash key, like in Dolphin. (Akseli Lahtinen, KIO 6.14. Link)
…And Everything Else
This blog only covers the tip of the iceberg! If you’re hungry for more, check out Nate's blog about Plasma and be sure not to miss his This Week in Plasma series, where every Saturday he covers all the work being put into KDE's Plasma desktop environment.
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