Konqueror settings confusion

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Sunday, October 16th 2005, 6:34pm

Using Konqueror on Ubuntu 5.10-64 (Breezy), in Gnome shell, because Nautilus is buggy and eats files. (Don't ask, unless you want a long diatribe.) Trying to configure Konqueror the way I want it, but can't find the right buttons. I want to use it only as a file manager, never as a browser, but it's OK if the browser features are there -- I can just ignore them.

1) Konqueror always opens in a window that is too small. How do I get it to remember the size the window was when it was last closed, or set a default window size?

2) Right now it opens with a blank window. How do I set the default location to my home page so it always opens there? Yes, I can click on the Home icon, and I added Home as a bookmark, but that is an extra step, considering that Home is almost always where I want to go.

3) Sometimes I want to go up to a system folder and Konqueror won't open it. I'm sure this is because I am logged in as jjj, not as root. I wouldn't mind if it would pop up a window and ask for my root password, but it just sits there, won't open the folder, and does nothing. How do I fix this?

4) I set it to tree view, but it does not display a "tree," at least not in the way I think of a tree view. E.g., when I click on a folder it opens the folder, but the rest of the tree disappears. I want the folder tabbed in and the rest of the folders still showing, and ditto for subfolders. Otherwise in order to drag files to other folders I have to open all the folders in new windows. Note: Split window may be what I am looking for, but I can't find the menu option to set it to split window.

5) When I right-click on a file and tell it to send it to the trash, it deletes the file, but the file does not appear in the trash. It just deletes it. So far I haven't lost anything, but sooner or later I will. I want the safety of the trash so I can restore a file in case I accidentally deleted the wrong one. Is this perhaps a bug?

Thanks in advance!

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anda_skoa

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Sunday, October 16th 2005, 8:06pm

RE: Konqueror settings confusion

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Originally posted by John Jason Jordan
2) Right now it opens with a blank window. How do I set the default location to my home page so it always opens there? Yes, I can click on the Home icon, and I added Home as a bookmark, but that is an extra step, considering that Home is almost always where I want to go.

Use this as the start command
kfmclient exec path

for example

kfmclient exec /home/yourusername

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3) Sometimes I want to go up to a system folder and Konqueror won't open it. I'm sure this is because I am logged in as jjj, not as root. I wouldn't mind if it would pop up a window and ask for my root password, but it just sits there, won't open the folder, and does nothing. How do I fix this?

That is a strange behaviour I haven't experienced yet.
Can you give an example path that triggers this?

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4) I set it to tree view, but it does not display a "tree," at least not in the way I think of a tree view.

Try the sidebar (F9 toggles it)

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Note: Split window may be what I am looking for, but I can't find the menu option to set it to split window.

I believe you can save that as part of the profile configuration (Settings->Save View profile file manager)

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5) When I right-click on a file and tell it to send it to the trash, it deletes the file, but the file does not appear in the trash.

Can you check if it might be a problem regarding the implementation of trash in KDE vs. GNOME, i.e. check if the URL trash:/ inside Konqueror shows the files.

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It just deletes it. So far I haven't lost anything, but sooner or later I will. I want the safety of the trash so I can restore a file in case I accidentally deleted the wrong one. Is this perhaps a bug?

Could be a bug.
It should only delete for remote filesystem trashing would require to copy the remote file.

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John Jason Jordan

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Sunday, October 16th 2005, 9:21pm

RE: Konqueror settings confusion

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kfmclient exec /home/yourusername

That works great!

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3) Sometimes I want to go up to a system folder and Konqueror won't open it. I'm sure this is because I am logged in as jjj, not as root.

That is a strange behaviour I haven't experienced yet.
Can you give an example path that triggers this?

I have no explanation, but suddenly it is working.

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4) I set it to tree view, but it does not display a "tree," at least not in the way I think of a tree view.

Try the sidebar (F9 toggles it)

Yay! Another problem solved!

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Note: Split window may be what I am looking for, but I can't find the menu option to set it to split window.

I believe you can save that as part of the profile configuration (Settings->Save View profile file manager)

Aaah! That's where the setting was. And I checked the box to save the window size too. Now it comes up exactly the way I want it!

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5) When I right-click on a file and tell it to send it to the trash, it deletes the file, but the file does not appear in the trash.

Can you check if it might be a problem regarding the implementation of trash in KDE vs. GNOME, i.e. check if the URL trash:/ inside Konqueror shows the files.

OK, when I type "trash:/" in the Konqueror location window it displays the files that I previously told it to send to trash - so they are apparently still there. The problem is that I have an icon on the Gnome toolbar and they are not displayed in it. I just looked at the About information for the trash icon and it says "Trash Applet 2.12.1, A GNOME trash bin that lives in your panel. You can use it to view the trash or drag and drop items into the trash. Copyright 2004 Michiel Sikkes."

So maybe I just need to delete the Trash Applet 2.12.1 and replace it with one that works with Konqueror. I already checked and Trash Applet 2.12.1 doesn't seem to have any way to configure it to look for trash in another location. Ubuntu comes with Nautilus and everything is geared to Nautilus. I bet that is the source of the problem.

All I want is a Trash icon in the panel where I can drop files and also see what I have in the Trash. Plus it should have a button to empty the trash. Is there one that works with Konqueror?

You've solved almost all my problems!

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John Jason Jordan

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Sunday, October 16th 2005, 9:26pm

RE: Konqueror settings confusion

Oh wait -- one more problem. How do I search for files? After uninstalling Nautilus the "Places > Search for files" in the Gnome panel no longer works. As I recall, it opened up a search window in Nautilus. Since Nautilus is now banned from my computer I need some way to search for files, preferably a GUI.

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anda_skoa

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Sunday, October 16th 2005, 9:44pm

The trash things is weird.

Actually KDE and GNOME should be implementing the same trash specification exactly for the interoperability thing and I think both versions are new enough for that.

Maybe you can ask on a Ubuntu forum to clear that up.

Konqueror has a "search files" entry in its tools menu.
The standalone KDE program for this is kfind

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John Jason Jordan

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Sunday, October 16th 2005, 11:10pm

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Originally posted by anda_skoa
The trash things is weird.

Actually KDE and GNOME should be implementing the same trash specification exactly for the interoperability thing and I think both versions are new enough for that.

Maybe you can ask on a Ubuntu forum to clear that up.

Yes, I'll do that. In the meantime I just deleted the Trash Applet 2.12.1 from my toolbar. I never liked its icon anyway.

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Konqueror has a "search files" entry in its tools menu.
The standalone KDE program for this is kfind.

Yes, I found kfind and have it on my panel. Seems to work just fine. Now I just wish I could replace the icon with text, but I'll ask about that on Ubuntu forums too.

Thanks so much for your assistance. I've got everything almost all fixed up now. And I like Konqueror much better than Nautilus!

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Sunday, November 13th 2005, 2:25pm

RE: Konqueror settings confusion

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Originally posted by anda_skoa

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Originally posted by John Jason Jordan
1) Konqueror always opens in a window that is too small. How do I get it to remember the size the window was when it was last closed, or set a default window size?

2) Right now it opens with a blank window. How do I set the default location to my home page so it always opens there? Yes, I can click on the Home icon, and I added Home as a bookmark, but that is an extra step, considering that Home is almost always where I want to go.

Use this as the start command
kfmclient exec path
for example
kfmclient exec /home/yourusername

Annother way to do it:

Konqueror seems to add the location and window-size to the profile when you check the appropriate boxes in Settings > Save View profile

To open a certain profile by default start with "kfmclient openProfile profilname"

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John Jason Jordan

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Wednesday, December 7th 2005, 4:38pm

RE: Konqueror settings confusion

Computer is Compaq laptop with 64-bit Ubuntu Breezy, usng Gnome shell.

I've been using Konqueror for some time now (for file management only) and I like it very much, except for one problem. Whenever I click on a file Konqueror thinks I want to launch it or open it in whatever application is associated with it. This makes it impossible to drag files around. I want to change it so a single-click _selects_ the file and a _double-click_ launches or opens it.

I've looked everywhere but I can't find a way to change the current behavior.

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miccet

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Saturday, February 11th 2006, 9:20pm

oddly enough its under the mouse properties.

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