Folder View is really great!

But I'm annoyed with the small preview window which popups when the mouse hovers over folder. Is there a way to turn it off?

The preview window shows the content of the folder. It hides the folder below and it gets in the way.

At the moment it's not possible to disable it. It would be nice if a trunk user could confirm if there's an option to disable it in trunk or not.

Such an option is currently not available in Trunk at this time.

Where can I post suggestions and feature request regarding Folder View?

Bugs and wishes for KDE applications can be filed at bugs.kde.org

There is a request already posted on

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192821

Upvote it! Maybe we get our desired option added into KDE. Hopefully we will, as this is my number 1 grief that bugs me at least 5 times a day.

Yes, I've upvoted it

Upvoted!

I can report this thing I have done to work with the current karmic release:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= ... stcount=15

in short:
You need all the usual stuff to build kde stuff on your machine (cmake, build-essential and the like).

then you do:

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apt-get source kdebase
cd kdebase-4.3.2
vim apps/plasma/applets/folderview/iconview.cpp

and modify some lines: (1297+)

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//    if (!m_popupView || m_hoveredIndex != m_popupIndex) {
//        m_toolTipShowTimer.start(500, this);
 //    }
...

and: (1338+)

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if (item.isDir()) {
   //type = IconView::FolderTip;
   return;
} else if (item.isDesktopFile()) {
...

then you go and:

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mkdir kdebase
cd kdebase
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix`
make -j 2
sudo make install
kquittapp plasma-desktop
plasma-desktop

there you go - no more folder-view-popups (tooltip-popups for files still work!) You may use another editor than vim

Hi..when i tried to compile that source it told me that the CMakeLists.txt is missing in that directory..any suggestions?.i really want to get rid of that thing..

Do you have no CMakeList.txt at all (check via filemanager or ls) or is it just in another directory. Make sure you are in the correct directory!!! Most times that's the mistake.