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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|600px|right]]


Before start close the application Dolphin. Install the recommended packages.
=Overview=
Note: calligra provides preview plugins for many offfice and graphics files.
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'''<code>sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed kdegraphics-{thumbnailers,svgpart} kdesdk-thumbnailers calligra</code>'''
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Additional plugins for less popular formats directly from AUR:
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'''<code>yaourt -S --noconfirm --needed audiothumbs kde-thumbnailer-{apk,blender,epub,fb2,gimpresources,mmap,plasmoid,qml,wmf}</code>'''
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If You want using mplayer instead of ffmpeg for generate thumbnails video files install and activate mplayer instead ffmpeg preview plugin in Dolphin Previews settings:
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'''<code>sudo pacman -S kdemultimedia-mplayerthumbs --needed --noconfirm</code>'''
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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]]
Dolphin is the file management application of Plasma Workspace. It is designed to be simple to use, yet powerful.  


=Support=


Official forum topic: [http://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=7731]
=Installing Dolphin=


=See Also=
Dolphin can be installed by installing the package '''dolphin''' in any package manager or with the command:
pamac install dolphin
 
 
=Enabling previews=
 
[[File:Dolphinsettings.png|right]]
==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.


[http://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Krusader Krusader, Installing]


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