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Dolphin is the default file manager for KDE.

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Quick link in Google docs or browser to open Dolphin?

I use a web-based productivity system (Habitica) for my daily routine and one thing I like is that I can have a hyperlink next to a task. So if a task is "Duolingo", I can format that text ...
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Open trash in new window on the current virtual desktop on kde kubuntu 22.04

Clicking the trash icon in my panel used to open a new Dolphin window on the current virtual desktop leaving any existing Dolphin window unaffected in 18.04. Now, in 22.04, it opens a new tab in an ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3: "Download New Services" in Dolphin is non-responsive and says "QQmlComponent: Component is not ready"

I recently did a clean install of Ubuntu 22.04.3. Post that, I installed dolphin from apt by sudo apt install dolphin. However, Dolphin Menu -> Configure Dolphin -> Context Menu -> Download ...
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Customize how dolhpin folders are displayed (for each folder)

I would like to view the home folder with large icons, while all the other folders with small icons and detailed layout, without using hotkeys or using the menu buttons. So I would like to customize ...
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How can I add a 51-gcadapter.rules file to the /lib/udev/rules.d folder?

I have installed the Dolphin Emulator through the Ubuntu Software App, as no ppa's worked for me. However, my Mayflash gamecube controller adapter is not recognized by the emulator. I set this up ...
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count files and folders with diff and dolphin

I used rsync to make a backup of home folder excluding .* folders rsync -avz --exclude '.*' /home/andrea/ /media/andrea/maxtor-Est1000/ I checked with dolphin and diff to see if everything from the ...
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How can I resolve unreadable text within Dolphin in Ubuntu?

I'm trying out Dolphin within Ubuntu 22.04, but I'm finding that half of the rows within the details view are essentially unreadable because they have black text atop a black background. Is there any ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: Dolphin always starts with two tabs open

when I start Dolphin it always starts with two tabs open. I once had Dolphin open in one window with these two tabs but I don't know why it would put these into its "lexical scope" and from ...
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Firefox can't open download folder

I think that the firefox snap confinement issue that has plagued many is causing this problem, but I'm not sure. My problem is that when I download a file, I typically will click on the "Open ...
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Dolphin runs as root in KDE

I'm running Kubuntu 22.04. I followed a different StackOverflow answer to launch Dolphin as root using: sudo SUDO_USER= dolphin At this point, I don't want to run dolphin as root again. If I launch ...
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Ubuntu won't use a drive until I open it in Dolphin

I store all my wallpapers on a separate hard drive from the OS. After booting, the wallpapers won't display until I open Dolphin and click on the drive. Is there a way to correct that behavior? Thanks!...
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Catfish search output displays filenames in symlinked folders as though they are duplicate files

I'm using Dolphin and Catfish in Ubuntu Studio. I'm looking for a way to get Catfish to either exclude files in symlink folders from search results, or to display them so it is obvious that they are ...
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How to get media information in Dolphin?

I can select media information entries to display in details view, but the listed columns are empty. Width, height, duration, or any other information for pictures, sound-files or videos can't be ...
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How to select/copy/move an HTML file together with its corresponding folder?

On Windows this is working by default, because the files are associated. Situation is: saving a webpage usually creates two files/folders: An abc.html file with the webpage's main HTML file A folder ...
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KDE custom menu action on directories with whitespaces in the name

I created a script that takes different directories paths to merge the files inside them into one directory. I would exec this scrict by custom Kde-Dolphin action menu, so I created this .desktop file:...
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Corrupted Dolphin settings

I'm running Kubuntu 22.04. My Dolphin settings seem to be corrupted, since when I try to change them I get into a loop, as indicated by a whirling circle. How do I get past this?
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Dolphin interface is drastically changed after Mate install

Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.7 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 Kernel Version: 5.15.0-67-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM ...
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Dolphin keeps opened files and folders in tabs

I'm running: PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION_ID="22.04" VERSION="22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)" VERSION_CODENAME=jammy ID=ubuntu Dolphin ...
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Dolphin 'Delete' option greyed out for folder

Running Ubuntu Studio 22.04.1 and the dolphin file browser won't let me delete a folder from one of my HDDs. It's a "RECYCLE BIN" folder from having used it on windows, currently sitting at ~...
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Is it possible to type directory names into Dolphin's 'Open File' dialog? Or is there an alternative file manager that can?

Specifically my desire is to be able to type a path into the top of the window like you can with a normal Dolphin window - like you'd be able to using Explorer on Windows. Or is there some alternative ...
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Dolphin can't delete or move files [duplicate]

I am a beginner, 2 weeks ago I installed kubuntu 22.10 on my primary PC, that has 3 internal drives. Everything worked fine until I noticed that I can't do anything on 2 other drives. I can't delete/...
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Dolphin Backspace navigates folders while typing

Within Dolphin when I hit backspace it moves back to the last viewed directory. This is the desired behaviour when browsing different folders in the GUI. When I use the adresse bar however to quickly ...
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How to install KDE Gear 22.12 in Kubuntu 22.10?

"Selection mode" is supposed to be a new feature in KDE Gear 22.12 and I want that in 22.10. Another new feature is Selection Mode. Hit the spacebar (or tap the hamburger menu and check the ...
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How to install Dolphin and Thunar file managers? [duplicate]

As the title suggests, how can I install the Dolphin and Thunar file managers on Ubuntu 22.04?
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How to show the clipboard actions popup in Kubuntu 22.10?

I think there was a popup by default whenever I copied something in Dolphin that I have disabled, but I don't know how I did it and how can I enable it. I have found an image of it on the web: How to ...
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Dolphin behaves differently on two laptops with the same software

I have two laptops sitting side by side, one from HP and the other from Dell. Both are running Kubuntu 22.04 with Plasma 5.24.7, KDE Frameworks 5.92.0, QT 5.15.3, kernel 5.15.0.53-generic (64 bit), ...
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Dolphin: show previews rather than icons in folder view

I'm using Dolphin in Kubuntu 22.04. I have a folder containing some JPEGs. Each one shows up as an icon. I want to see them as thumbnails (previews) instead. I've gone to Configure Dolphin / General /...
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How to show newly downloaded files in folder 'Downloads' in file manager 'Dolphin'?

Recently, I upgraded my Ubuntu Studio system from version 20.04 LTS to 22.04.1 LTS, and suddenly, newly downloaded files are not shown in real-time in the new default file manager named 'Dolphin'. To ...
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External drive not showing in Dolphin

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop system. I have a number of external USB drives that I connect as needed. Usually, on plugging in the drive and powering them up they appear in Nautilus and Dolphin (...
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"open containing folder" is taking a long time

I am on Kubuntu 22.04 When in an application I select a file and do "open containing folder" (vscode files list / firefox downloads / chromium downloads) the default file manager takes 25 ...
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Preview JPEGs in folder in Dolphin

I'm running Kubuntu 22.04. When I open a folder of JPEGs on my camera in Dolphin, I want the icons to be the images in those JPEGs. I go to Configure/General/Preview and I make sure that JPEG Images ...
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How can I group files by star "rating"?

I have a bunch of files in a folder that I've added rating metadata. How can I access rating information of files in Ubuntu? and How can I group files with their ratings?
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Sometimes video and image files are not opened/played in MPV and Gwenview

In Kubuntu 22.04 I am plagued by this occurrence: from time to time when I double-click a video file in Dolphin it will not start at all in its associated application MPV; if I "open with" ...
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Moved files by mistake, can't find where

In Kubuntu, using Dolphin on an unfamiliar computer (I hate touchpads), while navigating a large NFS share, my finger slipped and instead of clicking it apparently moved something into a directory. A ...
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Is there a file manager that allows grouping of bookmarks in a side panel?

I would like to have a file manager that I can group folder locations under customised group names in a sidebar. I have played around with Ubuntu Nautilus, Nemo and Dolphin and can't seem to achieve ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 (Gnome)- unable to find or remove Dolphin's KDE-wallet

I recently installed Dolphin on my Ubuntu 22.04 (With Gnome) and seem to prefer it to Nautilus or Nemo, at least for managing network folders and files. But Dolphin kept suggesting that I protect my ...
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Extracting archive from Krusader doesn't work in Kubuntu 22.04

Extracting archive from context menu in Krusader doesn't work, but works from Dolphin. Is it a know issue of Krusader in Kubuntu 22.04? Or can it be fixed somehow?
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F2 is like a right-click instead of "rename"

Until recently, when I pressed F2 in Konqueror/Dolphin, I got to rename a file or folder. But now the little action window appears in which I can select stuff like "Open in new window" and ...
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How to execute .desktop file by default

I use Dolphin with KDE and .desktop files just open with the text editor and I can't change it by default to execute, How do I make dolphin execute instead?
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Go back button acts as Go up in Dolphin

When I search for a file or folder in Dolphin then click a file or folder and want to go back, clicking the < button, it does not go back to the search results. It goes up ( like this ^ button ...
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dolphin-emu no longer works on Ubuntu 22.04

On Ubuntu 21.10, dolphin-emu was accessible via a simple sudo apt install dolphin-emu. I didn't need to add a ppa or anything like that, despite Dolphin's official instructions. I suspect this is ...
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How do I enable single click for Dolphin in Ubuntu?

I installed the Dolphin File Manager in Ubuntu 20.04: sudo apt-get install dolphin I can't find any settings to enable "single click to open files or folders". How do I enable this feature ...
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SD card rename works...or doesn't..?

I slice my 3d printer files to an SD card. Since Cura doesn't give me the opportunity to name the file what I want, I rename the file using Dolphin. Dolphin shows the rename is successful, I can even ...
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Applyin GTK themes to Dolphin?

Is there a way to apply GNOME GTK theme (I use GNOME 40.5 and Ubuntu 21.10) to Dolphin File manager? As Dolphin is QT, I guess I cannot apply the same exact theme used by GNOME on that, but if there ...
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Clear stored webdavs credentials from Dolphin (Kubuntu) not in KDE Wallet Manager

I've previously added a webdavs remote directory targeting Nextcloud in Dolphin on Kubuntu 20.4.3 using an URI such as webdavs://[email protected]:443/remote.php/dav/files/user/. Since then I've ...
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Flatpak and Snap apps open vscode instead of the file manager

I am running Kubuntu 20.04 and Flatpak 1.6.5. Dolphin is my default File Manager when I open a directory from a Flatpak app such as DropBox or Cryptomator, it opens it in Visual Studio Code instead ...
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How can I enlarge the font for viewing the Dolphin handbook?

I'm running Kubuntu 21.10. How can I enlarge the font for viewing the Dolphin Handbook? I've already set the font in System Settings to 16pt and similarly for the font in Firefox.
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How to open dolphin with an argument

Currently I open the dolphin file viewer with keyboard shortcut ctrl + super + home which runs this command dolphin -stylesheet dolphin/stylesheet.qss I want it so that when I manually click it from ...
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Chrome's "Show in Folder" opens Dolphin after Kde Plasma Install

I installed KDE Plasma and I used it for some time, but when I switched back to GNOME, I eventually realized that when I download things when using Google Chrome and select the "show in folder&...
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Nextcloud sync status column in any file browser

Is there a way to get a sync status column of Nextcloud in any of the common file browser like Nemo, Thunar, Dolphin etc. like it is shown in Windows?
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