Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - KDE Getting Started Manual page 6

Dolphin Main Window
The Dolphin main window consists of the following ele-
ments:
Menu Bar: The menu bar holds menu items for actions
like copying, moving, or deleting files, changing views,
starting additional tools, defining your settings, and getting
help.
Toolbar: The toolbar provides quick access to frequently
used functions that can also be accessed via the menu. If
you hover the mouse pointer over an icon, a short descrip-
tion is displayed.
Location Bar: The location bar displays the path to the
current directory. It is available in two versions: one shows
the path to the current directory with icons for every parent
folder in a "bread crumb" view. Click any icon in the bread
crumb view to change to that directory. The second version
of the location bar shows the path to the current directory
as a string of text you can edit.
Panels: By default, Dolphin shows only the Places panel
on the right. It allows quick access to some often used
places like your home directory, the /root directory of
the file system, the trash bin, or removable media. There
are several other panels you can add to the main window.
Display Field (Working Space):
the contents of the selected directory or file. By default,
Dolphin displays the contents of your home directory on
start-up. Clicking a folder or file in Dolphin directly starts
an action: Dolphin loads the file into an application for
further processing or opens the folder.
Status Bar: Shows the file type and size of the currently
selected object and the available disk space .
Managing Files and Folders with Dolphin
To perform actions like copying, moving, creating or delet-
ing files, you need appropriate permissions to the folders
and files involved in your action.
To copy, move, or delete a file or folder, proceed as follows:
The display field shows
1. In order to select one or multiple files and folders in
Dolphin, move your mouse over the icon but do not
click. A green cross appears on the upper-left edge. If
you click on it, the icon is selected. Alternatively, press
Ctrl and click the file or files.
2. Right-click and select Copy or Cut from the context
menu.
3. Navigate to the destination folder in which to insert the
object.
4. To create a new folder at the current location, select
File → Create New → Folder or press F10. Enter a folder
name in the new window and press Enter.
5. To insert the object you copied or cut in Step 2, right-
click the destination folder in the main display field and
select Paste. The object is copied or moved there.
6. To delete a file or folder, right-click the object in the
main display field and select Move to Trash from the
context menu. The object is moved to the trash bin.
From there, you can restore it if necessary or delete
the object irretrievably.
To quickly filter for certain filenames in the current directo-
ry, press Ctrl + I to add the Filter input field to the bottom
of the Dolphin main window. Type any part of the filename
you are searching for to see all files in the current directory
containing the search string. For more detailed and ad-
vanced searches, press
formation, refer to Section "Using KFind".
Configuring Dolphin
Dolphin offers many options to adjust the view and the
overall settings according to your needs and wishes.
Changing the View
1. To switch from the bread crumb view to the editable
version of the location bar, press F6. Enter a path to a
directory by typing it in. After typing an address, press
Enter or click on the background of the breadcrumbs
view.
To delete the contents of the location bar click the
black X symbol on the left. To switch back to the bread
crumb view, press
2. To change the view of the currently displayed folder,
either click Icons, Details, or Columns in the toolbar.
Dolphin remembers the selected view for each folder.
Click Split or press
rent folder in two separate columns. Now you can
navigate to a different directory in each column and
easily drag or drop objects or compare the contents of
directories.
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Ctrl + F to use KFind. For more in-
Ctrl + L.
F3 to view the contents of the cur-