Can file operations be conducted from the Properties window?

rokejulianlockhart · May 25, 2023, 3:32pm

If I invoke file Properties on an image from gwenview, is there a way to perform file operations on the file (like Delete) like I can with a right-click on the file in dolphin?

I ask despite the presence of the

File Operations

panel because

is rather basic, and although from gwenview I can click

Open Containing Folder

and then use dolphin, I can’t from all software which allows me to invoke the file properties window.

redstrate · May 25, 2023, 4:09pm

Delete was specifically removed because it was too dangerous and also because it helped Gwenview on smaller screen sizes.

ngraham · May 25, 2023, 6:17pm

No, you can’t do that.

rokejulianlockhart · May 26, 2023, 2:57pm

I’d like to request that this be possible. What’s the correct component to file it under?

redstrate · May 26, 2023, 4:31pm

File it under KIO as that’s the framework that handles the properties dialog.

dzon · May 26, 2023, 7:56pm

In the meantime you could also add it to the toolbar.

ngraham · May 27, 2023, 6:37am

FWIW I don’t think it’s worth asking for this as a feature using Bugzilla; if and when I see such a bug report, I’ll mark it as RESOLVED INTENTIONAL, because the properties dialog is for, well, viewing file properties. It’s not a whole file manipulation GUI. Trying to stuff half of Dolphin into it doesn’t really make sense.