File dialog: preview widget

[Peter Penz]

Hi!

David Faure suggested to move the "file dialog: preview widget" thread [1] 
from kfm-devel to kde-core-devel for getting more feedback. Here is the 
summary of the initial question:

Peter Penz wrote:
> During the port of the file-dialog to KDE 4 and reading
> some discussions about the "cluttered file dialog" ([2], [3])
> I was wondering about the preview widget:
> http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/temp/file-dialog.png 
>
> I personally never used the option to turn off the automatic
> preview by  unchecking the "Automatic preview" checkbox
> and hence I also never needed the "Preview" button. If I don't
> want to have a preview, I just turn off the  
> preview widget completely...
> 
> It is not my intention to remove any functionality that is needed,
> but in this  case I could not think of a usecase where
> using the checkbox/button has any  
> benefit against just turning off the preview.
>
> Is there something I'm missing here? If not, I'd like to
> remove the checkbox  and the preview button, as it adds
> quite a lot visual clutter." 

The current 3 replies indicate that removing the checkbox and the button in 
the preview might be OK. Aaron explains further:

Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> however, i think you're right that it's just as useful to show/hide the 
> preview pane itself and that having less UI in that dialog would be nice. 
> that's just mho though...
>
> btw, i think the real issue here is that it's not overly obvious how to 
> show/hide the preview pane, as it is "hidden" in the options menu in the 
> toolbar.

Any further input or objections?

Thanks!
Peter

[1] http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=118914659503800&w=2
[2] http://dot.kde.org/1188928003/1188936931
[3] http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=18563