D29227: [dolphin] move settings to more appropriate location

[Felix Ernst]

felixernst added a comment.


  In D29227#658866 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D29227#658866>, @rjvbb wrote:
  
  > Anyway, I'm almost certain we could take a hard look at the entire settings dialog first and see what other rearrangements could be made to improve it.
  
  
  Here I go! I know there is some value in keeping settings where they were but I ended up with a major restructuring. I quite like it but there are a lot of aspects I might have missed.
  
  Removed top level pages: **General**, **Navigation**, **Startup**
  Reasoning: General is too vague. Navigation is vague and almost empty. Settings from Startup are mostly visual settings: Users shouldn't really care about the technicality that they are re-applied only at startup time.
  
  The settings of those pages were shared between the reworked top level pages **Behavior**, **Interface** and **Folder View**. With these three it seemed like all settings could be assigned quite clearly which should help with discoverability. If these category names and their contents are not self-explanatory I have failed so I'll refrain from telling my reasoning for now. I am only a bit unsure if "View Area" is the best name for the settings concerning the central view area. (I also had "Folder View" in mind.) Tab labels on these pages are marked !!like this!!.
  
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  Dolphin Preferences Rearrangement
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  **Behavior**                                             (new top level page)
  
  - !!Folders & Tabs!!
  
    Show on startup: (X) Folders, tabs, and window state from last time (from Startup) 
                     ( ) [Select start folder location]                 (from Startup) 
    Opening folders: [X] Open new folders in tabs                       (from Startup, I couldn't figure out what was meant by "new folders" 
                                                                        without searching online. Maybe "Prefer tabs to new windows".) 
                     [ ] Open archives as folder                        (from _Navigation_)
                     [ ] Open folders during drag operations            (from _Navigation_) 
  
  
  
  - !!Confirmations!!                                         (unchanged)
  
  **Interface**                                             (new top level page)
  
                 [ ] Show tooltips                      (from General>Behavior>Miscellaneous)
                 [X] Rename inline                      (from General>Behavior>Miscellaneous, this one was the hardest for me to categorise)
                                                        (All of the following seem to apply instantly so they don't need to be in "Startup" imo.) 
    Full path:   [ ] Show full path inside location bar (from Startup, renamed from "General:")
                 [ ] Show full path in title bar        (from Startup) 
    New windows: [ ] Show filter bar                    (from Startup)
                 [ ] Make location bar editable         (from Startup)
    Split view:  [ ] Begin in split view mode           (from Startup) 
                 [ ] Switch between split views panes with tab key (from General>Behavior>Miscellaneous)
                 [X] Turning off split view closes active pane     (from General>Behavior>Miscellaneous)
    Status Bar:  [X] Show zoom slider                   (moved here from General>Status Bar)
                 [X] Show space information             (moved here from General>Status Bar)
  
  **View Area**                                             (renamed from View Modes)
  
  - !!General!!
  
                   [X] Show selection marker                       (from General>Behavior>Miscellaneous)
    Display style: (X) Use common display style for all folders    (from General>Behavior>View)
                   ( ) Remember display style for each folder      (from General>Behavior>View)
    Sorting mode:  (X) Natural                                     (from General>Behavior) 
                   ( ) Alphabetical, case insenstitive             (from General>Behavior) 
                   ( ) Alphabetical, case sensitive                (from General>Behavior) 
  
  - !!Previews!!                                                         (unchanged but moved here from General>Previews)
  - !!Icons view!!                                                       (unchanged but renamed from *Icons*)
  - !!Compact view!!                                                     (unchanged but renamed from *Compact*)
  - !!Details view!!                                                     (unchanged but renamed from *Details*)
  
  **Services**                                              (unchanged)
  **Trash**                                                 (unchanged)

REPOSITORY
  R318 Dolphin

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/D29227

To: rjvbb, #dolphin, ngraham, elvisangelaccio, meven
Cc: felixernst, meven, ngraham, kfm-devel, #dolphin, azyx, nikolaik, pberestov, iasensio, aprcela, fprice, fbampaloukas, alexde, Codezela, feverfew, spoorun, navarromorales, firef, andrebarros, emmanuelp, rdieter, mikesomov
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