A comprehensive guide to the Dolphin file manager By David Both and Pierre4L Contents Illustration Index................................................................................................................................................ 3 About Dolphin and this document.....................................................................................................................4 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Terminology used in this guide...............................................................................................................5 Getting started.................................................................................................................................................. 6 Installing Dolphin.................................................................................................................................... 6 Launching Dolphin.................................................................................................................................. 7 The Dolphin interface........................................................................................................................................ 8 Menu bar and Control button..................................................................................................................9 Toolbar.................................................................................................................................................. 10 Location bar.......................................................................................................................................... 10 The panels............................................................................................................................................ 11 Places panel............................................................................................................................... 11 Folders panel.............................................................................................................................. 12 Information panel........................................................................................................................12 Terminal panel............................................................................................................................12 Filter bar............................................................................................................................................... 13 Status bar............................................................................................................................................. 14 Workspace (View)................................................................................................................................. 14 Toolbar functionality........................................................................................................................................ 15 Toolbar configuration............................................................................................................................ 15 Common Toolbar buttons...................................................................................................................... 17 Other Toolbar buttons...........................................................................................................................20 Configuring Dolphin........................................................................................................................................ 23 Startup.................................................................................................................................................. 23 View Modes.......................................................................................................................................... 24 Navigation............................................................................................................................................. 24 Services................................................................................................................................................ 25 Wastebin (Trash).................................................................................................................................. 25 General................................................................................................................................................. 26 Behavior..................................................................................................................................... 26 Previews..................................................................................................................................... 27 Confirmations............................................................................................................................. 28 Status Bar................................................................................................................................... 28 Basic tasks...................................................................................................................................................... 29 Navigating the file system with Dolphin................................................................................................29 Displaying files...................................................................................................................................... 29 Showing additional information...................................................................................................30 Sorting files................................................................................................................................. 30 Configuring columns in Details view mode.................................................................................30 Show in Groups.......................................................................................................................... 31 Hidden files................................................................................................................................. 32 Adjusting view properties collectively.........................................................................................33 Using the Wastebin.....................................................................................................................33 Removable Devices....................................................................................................................34 Selecting files........................................................................................................................................ 34 Selecting files with the keyboard................................................................................................35 Multiple file selection with the mouse.........................................................................................36 Moving and copying files......................................................................................................................37 Renaming files...................................................................................................................................... 38 Undoing actions.................................................................................................................................... 39 Opening a file with an application.........................................................................................................39 Setting the default application for a file type.........................................................................................39 Changing the icon for a folder...............................................................................................................41 File ownership and permissions............................................................................................................42 Using the Find function.........................................................................................................................43 Additional search tools.......................................................................................................................... 44 Expanding Dolphin.......................................................................................................................................... 46 Network folders and connections..........................................................................................................47 Tips and tricks................................................................................................................................................. 50 Concluding notes............................................................................................................................................ 51 A comprehensive guide to the Dolphin file manager – page 2 – Contents Illustration Index Document logo - Dolphin Plasma blue splash..................................................................................................1 Launching Dolphin............................................................................................................................................ 7 The default Dolphin window.............................................................................................................................