Dolphin

Dolphin is KDE's file manager.

Ways to communicate

Mailing List: [email protected] (info page)

IRC Channel: #kde-devel on freenode

Phabricator project: https://phabricator.kde.org/project/view/194

Top bugs and feature requests

• Column view: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387455
• Drag-and-drop folder into any empty part of the places panel should put it on the bottom of the places section: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403214
• Dolphin's Places panel should truncate/elide long words instead of using a horizontal scrollbar: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301758
• When renaming something with a multi-line filename, the home key should move the cursor to the beginning of the whole string instead of the beginning of the current line: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363179
• Encrypted volumes are handled awkwardly: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402691, https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402690, https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402693, https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402692
• File creation date support: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381367 (rough patch in need of assistance: https://phabricator.kde.org/D7423)
• Optionally show actual calculated directory size totals in Kb/Mb/Gb rather than juts number of items: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158090
• Option to colorize/visualize tags/labels on files: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37300
• Native ISO mounting support: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=175051
• Context menu for connected devices/disks/volumes should have items to change things/format the disk: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224056
• You should be able to move to the next item to rename with the tab key, or the up and down arrow keys when in details and list views: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403931 & https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269987
• You should be able to apply custom icons to files, not just folders: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316610
• When entering the empty directory for a Vault in Dolphin, the user should be prompted to enter the vault's password and automatically unlock & mount the vault: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403316
• Dolphin should not store .directory files inside the actual directory to avoid cluttering and polluting the filesystem; should instead store this data in extended attributes: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322922
• Dolphin should show which files/apps are blocking unmounting a disk: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189302 (Patch: https://phabricator.kde.org/D19989)

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