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Overview

Dolphin is the file management application of Plasma Workspace. It is designed to be simple to use, yet powerful.

Installing Dolphin

Dolphin can be installed by installing the package dolphin in any package manager or with the command:

pamac install dolphin

Enabling previews

Installing optional dependencies

The following packages enable preview thumbnails in dolphin

ffmpegthumbs: video thumbnails
kdegraphics-thumbnailers: PDF and PS thumbnails
qt5-imageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats
kimageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats
taglib: audio file thumbnails
libappimage: AppImage thumbnails
raw-thumbnailer: Raw image files from a camera

To install all of these use:

pamac install ffmpegthumbs kdegraphics-thumbnailers qt5-imageformats kimageformats taglib libappimage raw-thumbnailer

Enabling preview thumbnails in Dolphin

Once the packages needed to generate thumbnails are installed, you need to enable the previews in dolphin in the settings. These can be found in Dolphin under Control->Configure Dolphin->General under the Previews tab.

Check the boxes for the previews to be enabled. If you don't want large remote files to have previews generated, set a maximum size in box next to Skip previews for remote files above: section.

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-=Introduction=
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-Enable preview many file types. Install the required packages. Then in the settings of the Dolphin activate preview of selected file types.
-=Setup=
+[[File:Dolphin.png|400px|right]]
+<translate>
+=Overview= <!--T:1-->
-Close the application Dolphin. Install the recommended packages. In a terminal, run the following command (this long command ending in second line):
+<!--T:2-->
+Dolphin is the file management application of Plasma Workspace. It is designed to be simple to use, yet powerful.
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-'''<code>yaourt -S audiothumbs kde-thumbnailer-apk kde-thumbnailer-blender kde-thumbnailer-epub kdegraphics-thumbnailers kdemultimedia-mplayerthumbs kdesdk-thumbnailers raw-thumbnailer calligra --needed --noconfirm</code>'''
+=Installing Dolphin= <!--T:3-->
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+<!--T:4-->
+Dolphin can be installed by installing the package '''dolphin''' in any package manager or with the command:
+ pamac install dolphin
-Open Dolphin. Go to '''Control > Configure Dolphin > General > Previews'''. Mark selected group of file extensions to enable them preview of in Dolphin. Save the changes to the settings.
-[[File:dolphin-settings-tab.png|900px|thumb|center]]
+=Enabling previews= <!--T:5-->
-=Support=
+[[File:Dolphinsettings.png|400px|right]]
+==Installing optional dependencies== <!--T:6-->
-Official forum topic: [http://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=7731]
+<!--T:7-->
+The following packages enable preview thumbnails in dolphin
+* ffmpegthumbs: video thumbnails
+* kdegraphics-thumbnailers: PDF and PS thumbnails
+* qt5-imageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats
+* kimageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats
+* taglib: audio file thumbnails
+* libappimage: AppImage thumbnails
+* raw-thumbnailer: Raw image files from a camera
-=See Also=
+<!--T:8-->
+To install all of these use:
+ pamac install ffmpegthumbs kdegraphics-thumbnailers qt5-imageformats kimageformats taglib libappimage raw-thumbnailer
-[http://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Krusader Krusader, Installing]
-[[Category:Contents Page]]
+==Enabling preview thumbnails in Dolphin== <!--T:9-->
+<!--T:10-->
+Once the packages needed to generate thumbnails are installed, you need to enable the previews in dolphin in the settings.  These can be found in Dolphin under Control->Configure Dolphin->General under the Previews tab.
+<!--T:11-->
+Check the boxes for the previews to be enabled.  If you don't want large remote files to have previews generated, set a maximum size in box next to Skip previews for remote files above: section.
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+[[Category:Contents Page{{#translation:}}]]
+[[Category:File Management{{#translation:}}]]