https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406538
Bug ID: 406538
Summary: Feature Requests for a more intuitive user experience
Product: dolphin
Version: 18.12.3
Platform: Manjaro
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: kont...@juliusreich.de
CC: elvis.angelac...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
Dear Mr Penz, Reininghaus, Pescocsta and Angelaccio,
first and foremost I would like to express my deepest gratitude for your
contribution to the world, which is in this case, one of the best filemanagers
for Linux. It is people like you who make it possible for someone like me, to
finally get rid of proprietary systems and corporations - in my case, switching
from Windows to Manjaro Linux and KDE. Thank you!
But, not all is evil in the Windows world and there are some cases, in which we
can learn from. I noticed a couple of possible improvements, which will
certainly lead to an even better, more intuitive user experience. My feature
requests are:
1) When using multible tabs, the text-align of the folders name is left. This
is sth the windows explorer does better. With large folder structes, the
left-aligned text shows the root of the tabs folder, it obscures the name of
the folder, the user is currently looking at. The text aligment should be
right.
Example: /home/user/documents/private/finances/2019 becomes
/home/user/documents/private/... instead if .../documents/private/finances/2019
2) It is not possible to detach or attach tabs via drag and drop. This is a
quite common feature for all tab enviroments, e.g. Firefox or other file
managers. This feature would highly increase the workflow.
3) This is the best feature I ever found in a filemanager: Incremental inline
search. I stumbled across this in an addon called qttabs for windows explorer.
What it does is primarily searching for a filename, while typing it. But not
restricted to the beginning of the file. Example: kwalletmanager.ending. If the
user types "wallet" or "walletmanager" it will not be found. Incremental inline
search would be a feature, that would skyrocket usability. Of course, it must
be restricted to folders with less than (n) number of files for performance
reasons, but still, this feature became a must have for me and I severely miss
it, now that I switched to KDE.
4) A simple, but undescribebly useful workflow function: Go one level up, when
double clicking on white space within a folder. This also comes from qttabs for
windows explorer and it increased my workflow tremendously.
That is all from side :)
Again, thank you very much for your hard efforts!
With regards
Julius R.
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