<SOLVED> how to force Dolphin to display in "detail" view?

[tomcloyd]

I HATE icons. A page full of icons is about the most worthless thing I can imagine. I ALWAYS want a detail listing, so I can actually have useful information to work with in a file list. Now...how can I get Dolphin to stop defaulting to an icon display (GRRRRR!)?

Right now I'm having to reset the default manually every time I visit a subdir I haven't been to yet. It's ridiculous.

How can I get Dolphin to just do it right by default? There must be a way, but I cannot find it.

Any ideas

[kevinc]

Re: how to force Dolphin to display in &quot;detail&quot; view

Hi Tom,

You must be a 'detail' person, like me. I just opened Dolphin on my home folder and its the detail view. I can't remember how I did it.

It may be in Settings > Configure Dolphin > View modes

Select Remember view properties for each folder

Under General, I have a few other options such as show delete, show copy to and move to.

HTH.

[tomcloyd]

Re: how to force Dolphin to display in &quot;detail&quot; view?

Um. That merely forces memory of EACH folder's settings, AFTER you set them. The very situation I'm trying to get out of.

There is another setting, which I had somehow failed to see until now:

Settings > Configure Dolphin > View Modes > View Properties > Use common view properties for all folders.

Bingo. That's the ticket.

[kevinc]

Re: &lt;SOLVED&gt; how to force Dolphin to display in &quot;detail&quot; view?

Glad you found it. Now its documented for all.

It's amazing how often explaining something to someone else helps you to see the solution.

[gothmaniac]

Re: how to force Dolphin to display in &quot;detail&quot; view?

Um. That merely forces memory of EACH folder's settings, AFTER you set them. The very situation I'm trying to get out of.

There is another setting, which I had somehow failed to see until now:

Settings > Configure Dolphin > View Modes > View Properties > Use common view properties for all folders.

Bingo. That's the ticket.

Thanks. That got it for me. I agree, why did anyone ever even think of a thumbnail or an icon view? Thought they'd only ever have about 5 or 10 files to look at?