Hello everyone. I would like to see some changes made to the F11 panel.
The purpose of this panel is to quickly understand the context of a file without having to spend a lot of time on it. For example, comparing two camera shots.
I understand that large files, like 3D models and other heavy programs, take a lot of time. It’s better if they’re handled by someone other than KDE developers.
But for basic files like text, all possible *.config, and *.rc (maybe .md) files, you can enable preview. Incidentally, it’s already implemented, but only for icons.
It would also be possible to use an indexing system to implement a graphical representation of audio files in the form of a spectrum graph (waveform)? This would make it easier to find the desired sound without having to listen to all the sounds, especially if there are 1000 of them with a duration of 2 seconds.
I’d also like to point out the problem of gittering preview images with different aspect ratios. Therefore, the center of the preview panel and the center of the image (or whatever will be displayed) should match. In this case, the gittering will be divided by two (shifted to the top and bottom borders of the image). And since the center doesn’t shift, it will be easier for the brain to process.