Chapter 8. The File Manager

KDE's file manager is Konqueror. The Konqueror home page is located at http://www.konqueror.org where a Konqueror specific FAQ can be found.

8.1. How can I change the appearance of a folder in Konqueror?
8.2. How can I do non-anonymous FTP transfers with Konqueror?
8.3. How do I specify the startup folder for Konqueror?
8.4. How do I rename files?
8.5. Where did the delete entry from my right-click context menu go?
8.6. How do I configure the programs that Konqueror uses to open different types of files?
8.7. How can I configure Konqueror to open files with double-click instead of single-click?
8.8. When I try to click on a folder in Konqueror, I get the message: There appears to be a configuration error. You have associated Konqueror with inode/directory, but it cannot handle this file type.
8.9. What are %i and %m in the Execute line?
8.10. How do I make Konqueror start up without a menu bar? I can't save a view profile when the menu bar is invisible!
8.11. JPEG files no longer show previews in Konqueror (and I've installed CrossOver Office)

8.1.	How can I change the appearance of a folder in Konqueror?
	Right-click the folder, select Properties, click on the large icon in the dialog which appears, and choose another icon. To change the icon displayed for entries in the K Menu, use the Menu Editor, accessed by clicking with the right mouse button on the K menu icon and selecting Menu Editor from the menu.
8.2.	How can I do non-anonymous FTP transfers with Konqueror?
	Normally, if you enter a URL like `ftp://ftp.example.com`, Konqueror will attempt an anonymous login to the FTP server. If you want to login as a particular user, enter a URL like `ftp://[email protected]` instead. Konqueror will ask for your password and connect to the server.
8.3.	How do I specify the startup folder for Konqueror?
	Using the right mouse button, click on the Home icon and choose Properties. Under the Application tab you will probably find something like kfmclient openProfile filemanagement; just append `file:/whereever/you/want` with the folder you would like Konqueror to start in.
8.4.	How do I rename files?
	Simply right click on the file and select Rename or press the keyboard shortcut F2 with a file selected.
8.5.	Where did the delete entry from my right-click context menu go?
	In KDE 3.4 the delete context menu entries that bypass the trashcan are no longer displayed by default. To enable them, go to Settings->Configure Konqueror and select Behaviour in the iconbar to the left. Tick the checkbox Show 'Delete' context menu entries which bypass the trashcan.
8.6.	How do I configure the programs that Konqueror uses to open different types of files?
	In order to configure file associations, you should go to the KDE Control Center and choose the item File Associations under the category KDE Components. Suppose the default PDF viewer is now KGhostView and you would prefer to use KPDF as a viewer. You would simply type `pdf` in the search box at the top of the dialog, choose pdf in the application group and move KPDF up. In the Embedding tab you can also choose which component other applications will use to display files (for example, when viewing files in Konqueror or using Ark's embedded viewer).
8.7.	How can I configure Konqueror to open files with double-click instead of single-click?
	In the KDE Control Center, go to Peripherals->Mouse and in the General tab, select Double-click to open files and folders.
8.8.	When I try to click on a folder in Konqueror, I get the message: “There appears to be a configuration error. You have associated Konqueror with inode/directory, but it cannot handle this file type.”
	You need to make sure that the embedding settings for inode/directory are correct: In Konqueror, go to Settings->Configure Konqueror and then to the File Associations page. Open inode->directory in the tree view. Click on the Embedding tab. Make sure that Left Click Action is set to Show file in embedded viewer, and by default Icon View (konq_iconview) is at the top of Services Preference Order.
8.9.	What are `%i` and `%m` in the Execute line?
	They are used by all KDE applications (since they are implemented in `KApplication` and all good KDE programs create a `KApplication` object before they even look at the command line arguments). A standard line for a KDE application looks like this: `foo ... %i %m -caption \"%c\"`. Pretty confusing, -but it has been designed in that way so that it can integrate legacy, non-KDE applications as smoothly as possible. Konqueror, when executing the line above, will extend the command to `foo -icon something.png -miniicon something_mini.png -caption \"The Foo\"`. Both the icon and the mini-icon as well as "The Foo" are properties defined in the `.desktop` file. If the icons are not defined, they simply default to the executable name `foo`. This way a user can change these things in KMenuEdit for his or her applications. The `-caption` option is important, because no user will accept that the menu item Editor starts something called kedit-0.9pl4-build47. Instead, he expects a window called Editor. Furthermore these names are localized, i.e. an American user launches CD-Player and gets a window called CD-Player while a German user launches CD-Spieler and gets a window called CD-Spieler.
8.10.	How do I make Konqueror start up without a menu bar? I can't save a view profile when the menu bar is invisible!
	The easiest way to do this is to edit Konqueror's configuration file manually. Add the following lines to `~/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc`: [KonqMainWindow] MenuBar=Disabled On restarting Konqueror, the menubar should be hidden.
8.11.	JPEG files no longer show previews in Konqueror (and I've installed CrossOver Office)
	CrossOver creates new MIME types that will override the default image/jpeg and image/jpg times. In Konqueror, go to Settings->Configure Konqueror, and then to File Associations. Find the application/x-crossover-jpg and application/x-crossover-jpeg entries, and remove them. Then hit OK. This problem is reported fixed in the latest version of CrossOver.