Re: Can I get Gwenview 2 to act a bit more like Gwenview 1?

Steven Karp wrote:
> This isn't going to work with Gwenview 2, at least in its current state. 
> Basically, there doesn't seem to be any way to have both a large image 
> and the thumbnails visible at the same time. Toggling back and forth 
> between Browse and View modes is too awkward for my use-case. (Update, 
> OK, I see I can get the Thumbnail bar when I'm in View mode. But the 
> Thumbnail bar doesn't let me select multiple files to move or delete, 
> nor can I put it on the side instead of the bottom, which is a definite 
> drawback on a widescreen display.)

Hopefully in 2.3 (KDE4.3) you should be able to move the thumbnail bar 
to the side (one of the most hated bugs!).

> Minor annoyances: Gwenview 1 has an option to clear the ~/.thumbnails 
> directory on exit. Not present in Gwenview 2. Any chance of that making 
> a return?

Your wish has already been granted :) It is back in 2.2.

> Would also be nice to see a return of "Browse with Gwenview" 
> in the Konqueror and Dolphin context menus for folders along with the 
> "Start a slideshow" option. (Yeah, I know I can create that myself; just 
> thinking it would be nice to have it set up by default as it used to be.)

Yes, should be easy to do. Please submit it :)

> Bug: In Browse mode, the Page Down key only works if there is a file 
> vertically below the current position. Example: Assume the thumbnail 
> layout is like so (use a fixed-width font for best viewing):

This behavior comes from Qt, there is nothing much I can do about it :(.

Aurélien


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