foralbum.blogg.se - november 2022

Xfce default icons (elementary-xfce-icon-theme)Īt time of testing (0.14.1 as of Ubuntu 20.04), the hover-and-click method works in Icon view and Thumbnail view only.

LXQt/LXDE default icons (breeze-icon-theme, lxde-icon-theme).

Desktop independent icons (tango-icon-theme).

The following icon themes have been tested working with PCManFM-Qt. Multiple selection by mouse click works with many icon themes by default. PCManFM-Qt does not require any additional icon theme for this feature. From end user point of view, Ubuntu 20.04 (not 18.04) is the first LTS release to see this feature. Based on this closed issue dated Aug 2018, the feature was likely made available between release 0.13.0 (May 2018) and 0.14.0 (Jan 2019). The above screenshot is showing Dolphin with Numix icon theme.

Sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme # 18.04+ only Sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme # 18.04+ only

Sudo apt-get install breeze-icon-theme # 16.04+ only sudo apt-get install oxygen-icon-theme # all releases Then install any icon theme that is compatible with Dolphin. Newer versions of Dolphin use emblems instead of action icons, and the corresponding icon name may vary.ĭolphin can be installed from the Universe repository. Multiple selections seem to persist even when switching between the view mode.Īlthough, Dolphin has one usability issue: icon theme must be compatible to make the sign visible on mouse hover in non-KDE environment.ĭolphin make use of certain icons to make the plus and minus sign visible on mouse hover. The hover-and-click method works in any view mode (Icons, Compact, Details). Hover the mouse cursor above file or folder icon, and click the emerging plus sign (+) to select and minus sign (-) to deselect.

As of 18.04 release, this is the only file manager in Ubuntu and the official flavours that natively supports multiple selection by mouse click. Dolphinĭolphin is the default file manager in KDE Plasma and Kubuntu. Perhaps Dolphin is the only file manager in Ubuntu that is similar to Windows counterpart. Multiple selections by using mouse click only is available in Dolphin file manager and the relatively new PCManFM-Qt, and using keyboard shortcut only is available in some file managers. Ubuntu has no such feature like Windows to select multiple selections using check boxes however, few alternative file managers have similar features.