D11896: Show Information Panel button by default instead of the Preview button

[Nathaniel Graham]

ngraham added a comment.


  In D11896#238990 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11896#238990>, @rkflx wrote:
  
  > > Also, now that previews have been on by default since 17.12 (and I haven't heard any negative press or internet complaints at all about it)
  >
  > Maybe that's because in fact previews are off by default? I guess the test plan in D7440: Turn on Dolphin icon previews by default <https://phabricator.kde.org/D7440> is missing to account for `.directory` entries.
  
  
  No, they are in fact on by default. Check with a new user account and add a picture to ~/Pictures, then go back to ~. The ~/Pictures folder gains a preview of its contents, i.e. the picture you just added to it.
  
  In D11896#238990 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11896#238990>, @rkflx wrote:
  
  > There is a huge difference between making something a default and removing the ability to change back a setting from the main UI. There are lots of situations where users might not want to have previews enabled, e.g. their document previews all look the same (common for the first page of most scientific documents)
  
  
  Sounds like a bug in the thumbnailer that we should fix. If where are cases where previews aren't useful, we should fix that.
  
  In D11896#238990 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11896#238990>, @rkflx wrote:
  
  > or they simply want different settings for different folders (e.g. previews only enabled in their pictures folder).
  
  
  I think that's a niche use case for expert users. I think most average users appreciate previews everywhere, not just their Pictures folder (many and maybe even most don't actually even put their pictures in there). macOS Finder and Windows Explorer both default to showing previews everywhere.
  
  In D11896#238990 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11896#238990>, @rkflx wrote:
  
  > - Find a better way to toggle panels in general (Gwenview's sidebar button in the statusbar comes to mind, but we'd need to make some space in Dolphin first, or find a different place…)
  
  
  Agreed, and this is what my patch was attempting to accomplish. But it's still not ideal because it doesn't expose the Terminal or Folders Panels.

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To: ngraham, #dolphin
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