https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371822

--- Comment #3 from Elvis Angelaccio <elvis.angelac...@kde.org> ---
(In reply to Don Nguyen from comment #2)
> > But I agree that Dolphin should not show an empty dock widget (upon pressing
> > F4) if Konsole is not installed (thus I'm changing the title).
> 
> I'd like to present some options related to the Terminal Panel when Konsole
> is not installed and give you my analysis.
> 
> 1)  Do not show the Terminal Panel option in the menu when Konsole is not
> installed.
> 2)  Disable(gray out) the Terminal Panel option in the menu when Konsole is
> not installed.
> 3)  Pop up an information dialog to inform the user that Konsole is not
> installed when the user tries to invoke the Terminal Panel.
> 4)  Display a message inside the Terminal Panel indicating that Konsole is
> not installed when the user invokes the Terminal Panel.
> 
> Option 1 hides the fact that we have this feature if Konsole is not
> installed.  Option 2 shows that we have such a feature but does not tell the
> user why it's disabled - the user will have to search for why this is
> disabled.  Option 3 gives the user information about this feature and why
> it's missing and how to enable it, but it seems a bit intrusive to me.  My
> preferred choice is option 4.  It mimics normal behavior except that instead
> of having a working Terminal Panel, it lets the user know why the feature is
> missing and how to enable it.

+1, nice analysys!

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