File manager for KDE. If your question relates to the Dolphin game emulator, use the [dolphin-emulator] tag.
Dolphin is the default file manager for kde-4, replacing konqueror.
Questions tagged [dolphin-file-manager]
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Problems with using xdg-mime default. The default was successfully set but it is not used via xdg-open
Directories keep opening in Firefox when I use xdg-open. I do not want this.
I did:
xdg-mime default dolphin.desktop application/x-directory
and
xdg-mime default dolphin.desktop inode/directory
Yet, when I try
xdg-open /local
I still get a firefox…
pretzlstyle
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How to tell Dolphin which files to hide?
KDE's file manager Dolphin can hide some files, e.g., files starting with a .
Is there a way to configure which files it actually hides? For example, I would like to make it hide all files matching
*~
*.synctex.gz
_flymake.
*.log
I found already…
Lars
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Kubuntu cant add new ssh network folder
I'm trying to add a remote ssh network folder in Kubuntu 11.04.
I can connect to this remote server via konsole ssh
: ssh 10.3.140.111
However when I try and add a "new network folder" from the network section of dolphin I get the following error…
tinny
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How to hide Docker volumes from Dolphin file manager?
KDE Plasma user here.
Dolphin file manager is displaying all my Docker volumes in its devices sidebar section, and I'd like to prevent them to appear here without having to manually hide them.
Is there some way to do so? Or to filter out devices…
Sekhemty
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How to access KDE's camera:/ from terminal?
KDE's device notifier detects my GoPro Hero camera correctly and allows me to access its contents in dolphin through the URI camera:/.
Is there a way to access the camera also from the command line? I tried already
to mount it by clicking on…
Lars
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how to enable and disable double click mouse options in kde
I use dolphin as my default file browser.
The recent releases have moved the options to configure single/double click open of files.
Settings -> Configure Dolphin -> Navigation - Mouse
I find that I use double click to open as a single click to…
nelaaro
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Dolphin/Konqueror wrong file type recognition
In Dolphin/Konqueror files that are supposed to have "unknown" file type have "Microsoft Help Attribute Definition File" as their type.
This also affect files without extension with special symbols in them(such as ^[[2J^[[0;0f I have at the begnning…
lundibundi
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Entering 'domain' information when connecting to SAMBA share in Dolphin
openSUSE 11.2. KDE 4.3.5 Dolphin 1.3
The following works on CL
mount -v -o username=abcdefg,domain=DOM -t cifs //server.tld/share/path /mnt
Authentication fails when trying to connect to this share via Dolphin. "domain=DOM" is a required field.…
Felipe Alvarez
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Allow remote urls in Dolphin "Open File" dialog
I have recently switched from Windows to Linux (mint 18.2 with KDE, using Dolphin as file manager). I have noticed that when using the "open file" dialog (or upload file) in any external application you can't choose a remote url as source from the…
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Transmission is using a weirdo file browser instead of my default kde file browser
I just install Debian Lenny with KDE.
In transmission when I right click a torrent and choose "open folder" it opens in Baobab then I need to right click the file and choose "Open folder" to finally open it in Dolphin (my file browser).
On Windows…
user1028270
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How do I change the Ctrl+Tab behavior in dolphin file manager?
How do I change the Ctrl+Tab behavior in dolphin so that it goes to the last open tab instead of cycling the tabs in order? This is an important functionality for me so I might even switch file managers if it is not feasible enough to implement. I…
PreciousnIbbv
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Open a file explorer window from the terminal in Kubuntu 20.04
Similar to macOS's open . command, and Windows 10's explorer.exe . command, I would like to be able to open Kubuntu's built in file-explorer from the terminal.
It looks like Dolphin is Kubuntu 20.04s file manager of choice. By running dolphin . I…
reelyard
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Set a keyboard shortcut in Dolphin for opening the selected file in a text editor
Is it possible to set up Dolphin file manager so that, once a file is selected, pressing a keyboard shortcut (for example Ctrl+E) will open that file in a text editor (for example, Kate), regardless of file associations?
I have a lot of SVG images…
Kresimir
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How do I make Dolphin of KDE Plasma search for files in Windows partition from dual boot Kubuntu 18.04?
I have dual booted Kubuntu 18.04 with Windows 10. In windows 10 I have the Windows OS on the C: Drive and Data on D: drive. I intend to share the D: drive as the common data drive between Windows and Kubuntu.
To do that, I want to search the D:…
Divyansh Badonia
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Hard drive writeable but not by file manager
I have a USB HDD that behaves like it is read-only, only in the file manager. I assume it is related to permissions, but it happens with the same file manager in two operating systems.
Setup
The two OSes are Debian Wheezy and Linux Mint, both using…
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