[dolphin] [Bug 477840] New: Feature request for an option in the Settings to make the height of an icon row flexible/variable

[rik]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477840

            Bug ID: 477840
           Summary: Feature request for an option in the Settings to make
                    the height of an icon row flexible/variable
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 23.08.2
          Platform: Ubuntu
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: view-engine: icons mode
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: rik at oemail.nl
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 163702
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=163702&action=edit
Dolphin left (files unreadable), Thunar right (name readable)

SUMMARY
This is a feature request for an option in the Settings to make the height of
an icon row flexible/variable, depending on the length of the document and
folder names in the folder. I love working with KDE and Dolphin, but the lack
of an option to do this currently frequently hampers my workflow. 
For background, I often have files with a similar name in 1 folder, with
version dates or version numbers at the end. This is handy, because this way
they get automatically sorted according to version or date. However, in
Dolphin, if the name of the document is a bit longish, I can no longer read the
version or the date (see image below, and the difference with Thunar which does
show the full name and has a variable height for each icon row based on the
length of the names). 
This problem also emerges when I have files with just a long name - I cannot
read them fully. 
So this is a request to create an option in the Settings to make the height of
each icon row variable, like with Thunar. 
I would switch to Thunar, but I like Dolphin for other reasons + Dolphin is
much better integrated in my (KDE) system. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a few documents with long names, esp with versions at the end, in 1
folder
2. Open Dolphin
3. Try to pick the right document

OBSERVED RESULT
Without tooltips or clicking each file, it is impossible to select the right
file. 

EXPECTED RESULT
An option in the Settings to turn on 'variable/flexible' row height like in
Thunar, that automatically adapts the height of each row to the length of the
names of the files/folders in that row. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: TUXEDO OS 2
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.111.0
Qt Version: 5.15.11

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