[dolphin] [Bug 448978] New: Make the View Mode button cycle through the three icon view modes rather than use a drop-down menu

[Philip Murray]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448978

            Bug ID: 448978
           Summary: Make the View Mode button cycle through the three icon
                    view modes rather than use a drop-down menu
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 20.12.2
          Platform: Debian stable
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: philipihmurray at hotmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 145776
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=145776&action=edit
existing 'View mode' button

By default Dolphin shows 3 separate buttons for the three view modes: Icons,
Compact, Detail.

I find the images on these buttons a bit unclear, particularly for the Compact
& Detail view buttons. I suspect people learn which button relates to which
mode via the position of the button rather than the image on it. Hence, I
thought an alternative would be to have a single button that would cycle
through the 3 modes.

There is currently a  'View Mode' button available in the toolbar configuration
screen. When it is added & the button is clicked it displays a small drop-down
menu with the above 3 view modes with radio buttons (screenshot attached).

My idea is to make this button cycle through the three modes upon pressing it
rather than use the drop-down menu. There are only 3 available modes to cycle
through hence it would probably be a quicker to use it & people would learn the
cycle.

Thanks.

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