[Solved] Plus and Minus next to Folder Icons in Dolphin

[wba072]

I'm definitely still a new guy to kubuntu.

When I hover over folders in Dolphin there is a plus sign that shows up. If I click the plus sign it becomes a minus sign. What do these mean?


I tried searching the forum and the help file, but with no luck. The help file doesn't seem to include documentation on Dolphin, only Konquerer.

[Tecumseh]

Re: Plus and Minus next to Folder Icons in Dolphin

This one had me wondering for a while also. But when you know what it does you'll start to love it. It's a selection tool that allows you to select several files without holding any keys. If you click on the plus-sign you add that file to the current selection.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Plus and Minus next to Folder Icons in Dolphin

It can be a rather cool function, but annoying when you've selected 20 or more files and then accidentally click on the wrong place and all your selected files get un-selected :P

To further the explanation:

"Hover" over an un-selected file creates a light foreground and the small green plus sign appears.

Clicking on the green plus sign adds the file or folder to the "Selected" list and a dark background appears and remains as long as the file is selected.

"Hover" over a selected file creates a light foreground on top of the darkened background and the small red minus sign appears.

Clicking on the red minus sign removes the file or folder from the "Selected" list and the dark background disappears.

The files and folders remain selected until you open a file/folder, change directories, or otherwise take some action. If you click anywhere other than a plus or minus sign all selected files become un-selected.

[wba072]

Re: Plus and Minus next to Folder Icons in Dolphin

Thanks for the reply. That's really a neat feature. Nice!

[oshunluvr]

Re: [Solved] Plus and Minus next to Folder Icons in Dolphin

It might not be were you looked in the docs because it's a KDE4 feature - works in konqueror, too.

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[Snowhog]

Re: [Solved] Plus and Minus next to Folder Icons in Dolphin

Well said.