dolphin: middle mouse click

[alexcant]

Hi
I'm new in this forum and as a Kubuntu user since have
just moved from Ubuntu 10.04 to Kubuntu 12.10.

dolphin 2.1 is almost perfect for my needs, but although I find
it much better than nautilus, I would prefer if it behaved like
nautilus regarding middle mouse button clicks:
- open folders in new tabs (this already works)
- open files with the associated application
(I prefer to leave left button clicks to selection)

I searched the source code with google and, after a quick look,
I think I would just need to add a couple of lines of code.

Since it looks like there is no way to submit a feature request to the
dolphin maintainer (I found only references to bug reporting) and there
is no dolphin source package in ubuntu repositories, I'd like to know
how can I get the source code of the current release (I mean quantal,
i.e. version 2.1) in order to build my own dolphin.

Any suggestion will be appreciated.

Thanks
Alessandro

[kubicle]

The source code for dolphin is available in the repos (if you have the deb-src repos enabled), dolphin source is in the kde-baseapps source package, you can get it with:

apt-get source dolphin

which will download the baseapps source in the current working directory, extract the source and apply kubuntu patches to the source...after that you'll find dolphin's source in the dolphin subdir.

[Flip the Switch]

Middle Click in Dolphin

I didn't know middle click launched new tab in Dolphin.
Many thanks Alessandro.

Wallace

[Robtygart]

I didn't know middle click launched new tab in Dolphin.
Many thanks Alessandro.

Wallace

It also works in other things too.

[Flip the Switch]

It also works in other things too.

I will have a play with this later.

Wallace

[OneLine]

Requests / Wishes / Dolphin

The Dolphin

The new dolphin maintainer: http://freininghaus.wordpress.com/
--> http://freininghaus.wordpress.com/20...n-development/

How to keep in contact with other people working on Dolphin and how to find something to work on

Bugs are reported at bugs.kde.org.

The mailing list where Dolphin development is discussed is kfm-devel. Feel free to ask there if you have any questions concerning the code. Please do not use this list to report bugs.

Patches are submitted for review at Review Board. Use the ‘dolphin’ product, this makes sure that a notification email is sent to the kfm-devel list. You will need a KDE identity account to use Review Board and many more KDE-related services. If you want to work on something larger or if you are unsure if the approach you have in mind to fix a problem is the right one, please ask on the mailing list before you invest a lot of time.

We have a forum which can be used for support requests and Dolphin-related questions. If it turns out that something which is discussed at the forum is a bug, please make sure that it is reported at bugs.kde.org.

etc...

The Dolphin Forum

http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=222

Dolphin General Discussion

General Dolphin topics can be discussed here. Please respect the Code of Conduct.


Dolphin Help

You can report support requests here. If you have found a bug and you can provide step-by-step instructions which can be used to reproduce it, it should be reported at bugs.kde.org instead.

The KDE Requests

https://bugs.kde.org and make a request but note that: "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_wish...ars_would_ride that is: There are many more ideas than there are developers. The fastest way to implement your idea is to read the documents and make the application/feature yourself.

An example Dolphin request: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=298188

Bug 298188 - [[[ Requested Feature ]]] View most used options in ToolBar when the user select a file.

[alexcant]

The source code for dolphin is available in the repos (if you have the deb-src repos enabled), dolphin source is in the kde-baseapps source package, you can get it with:

apt-get source dolphin

which will download the baseapps source in the current working directory, extract the source and apply kubuntu patches to the source...after that you'll find dolphin's source in the dolphin subdir.

Thanks for your reply.
It is more complicated than I expected, since I've no idea about kde/kubuntu patching and building standards...
I'll try to find more informations with google...
Thanks

[alexcant]

The Dolphin

The new dolphin maintainer: http://freininghaus.wordpress.com/
--> http://freininghaus.wordpress.com/20...n-development/

...

The fastest way to implement your idea is to read the documents and make the application/feature yourself.

An example Dolphin request: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=298188

Thanks for your reply and all the informations

[kubicle]

It is more complicated than I expected, since I've no idea about kde/kubuntu patching and building standards...

Acknowledged. It isn't terribly hard, but managing your own delta across frequent dolphin upgrades (and rebuilding as needed) probably takes more effort than it's worth.

You can make a wish to developers for middle-click configurability (which may be rejected) or just teach yourself to middle-click to select, left-click to open (probably takes a while, but likely as effective in the end)...of course you can also select by left-clicking the plus sign on the icon.