SOLVED: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

[webheadjunky]

Hi there

Have downloaded a couple of big updates over last few days

Just noticed folder view not working..used to hover over icon and it would pop up a new view containing sub folders and hovering over one of them would repeat with another pop up

But this doesn't happen anymore

Is this a known bug?

Cheers

Raaj

[Snowhog]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Yes, that was a nice feature. Guess it didn't rate high enough to keep. Oh well.

[kubicle]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Because some people found the auto-popups of folder view folders annoying, they were initially replaced by the popup button (the "up arrow" below the "+" that adds items to selection when hovering over an icon).

Then (other) people complained about the button...and they changed it again. Currently the first-level popup needs to be activated by pressing the "up arrow" button, and subsequent popups open up automatically.

[Snowhog]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

That would be nice if the arrow button you describe existed - it does not; just the + sign. At least that is the case on my KDE 4.5.1 KK 10.04 OS.

[kubicle]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

That would be nice if the arrow button you describe existed - it does not; just the + sign. At least that is the case on my KDE 4.5.1 KK 10.04 OS.

Are you using an outdated plasma theme?

The up-arrow graphics is loaded from your desktop theme's /widgets/action-overlays.svg(z) file.

[Snowhog]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Okay, that's interesting.

The Desktop Theme I'm using is Oxzone. So, I switched to Oxygen (a provided 'standard') and it also didn't have the arrow button. Switching to Air however, does have the arrow button. Interesting.

[kubicle]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

The Desktop Theme I'm using is Oxzone. So, I switched to Oxygen (a provided 'standard') and it also didn't have the arrow button. Switching to Air however, does have the arrow button. Interesting.

Air is the default ("standard") for 4.5.

To see the arrow in older themes, either copy the action-overlays.svg file to the theme you are using or remove the file from your chosen theme altogether (in which case the default Air theme's file should be used automatically). The problem exist when your theme has the file, but it is outdated (it doesn't have the arrow icon, only plus/minus icons)

[Snowhog]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Well, really interesting. Air, as a Desktop Theme, doesn't appear to exist - at least, a CLI search using locate air only finds a KDM Theme - oxygen-air - and a search using locate Air finds no Theme matches at all. Yet, Air as a Desktop Theme is installed - I can choose and apply it.

[Snowhog]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Yeah, I figured it out. Air is what it's named, but it installs as 'default'. action-overlays.svgz did not exist in the oxygen and oxyzone themes widget directories, so I copied the action-overlays.svgz file into each of them. Works now.

[kubicle]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Yeah, I figured it out. Air is what it's named, but it installs as 'default'.

Sorry, i should have mentioned that.

action-overlays.svgz did not exist in the oxygen and oxyzone themes widget directories, so I copied the action-overlays.svgz file into each of them. Works now.

Hmm. How did you get the plus button to show in the other themes if oxygen/oxyzone didn't have the file at all (all the button graphics are in the same svg)?

[Snowhog]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Hmm. How did you get the plus button to show in the other themes if oxygen/oxyzone didn't have the file at all (all the button graphics are in the same svg)?

Can't answer that, but the + button was there, just not the arrow. I only copied the action-overlays.svgz from defaults widget directory to the others. My Oxyzone Theme had the file, but it didn't have the arrow. After I copied the same from from defaults widget directory, it worked.

[kubicle]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Hmm. How did you get the plus button to show in the other themes if oxygen/oxyzone didn't have the file at all (all the button graphics are in the same svg)?

Can't answer that, but the + button was there, just not the arrow. I only copied the action-overlays.svgz from defaults widget directory to the others. Go figure.

That's the magical world of computers, then

I checked my machine and the oxygen theme did have the actions-overlay file in it, but it only included the plus/minus buttons (but it's entirely possible I put the file in there myself at some point)

[bitzbox]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Then (other) people complained about the button...and they changed it again. Currently the first-level popup needs to be activated by pressing the "up arrow" button, and subsequent popups open up automatically.

That's quite a neat feature but I still prefer the original way of doing it. I found it much quicker to navigate and it felt more polished and professional

Regards .....

[kubicle]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Then (other) people complained about the button...and they changed it again. Currently the first-level popup needs to be activated by pressing the "up arrow" button, and subsequent popups open up automatically.

That's quite a neat feature but I still prefer the original way of doing it. I found it much quicker to navigate and it felt more polished and professional

The problem with the original approach was (to my knowledge) that if you had a large folder view (or multiple views) on your desktop, you'd get a lot of accidental popups by just moving your mouse around.

I think the current operation (first popup requires action) is a good compromise between hover and button approaches, although this is probably one of those things that would benefit from configurability as not all use cases are the same.

[Fintan]

Re: Folder view not showing preview of sub-folders anymore

Thanks guys for the copy / paste action-overlays.svgz file idea.

That solved the last (at least for now) small problems.

Greets
Fintan