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# Dolphin

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This article is about Dolphin, the default file manager of the K Desktop Environment. For the game emulator, see Dolphin emu.

## Installation

Install kdebase-dolphin. For version control and Dropbox support, install kdesdk-dolphin-plugins. The Compare files dialog depends on kdesdk-kompare.

### File previews

- kdegraphics-thumbnailers: Image files
- kdesdk-thumbnailers: Plugins for the thumbnailing system
- kdemultimedia-mplayerthumbs: Video files
- raw-thumbnailer: `.raw` files
- audiothumbs: Audio files (AUR)
- kde-thumbnailer-apk: Android application package files (AUR)
- kde-thumbnailer-blender: Blender application files (AUR)
- kde-thumbnailer-epub: Electronic book files (AUR)
- openoffice-thumbnail-plugin: OpenOffice / LibreOffice files (AUR)

## Usage

### Open Terminal

Dolphin and other KDE applications use kdebase-konsole[broken link: replaced by konsole] by default. To change the default terminal emulator, run `kcmshell4 componentchooser` and select Terminal Emulator > Use a different terminal program.

### KIO Slaves

Note: This does not require kdebase-kioslaves[broken link: package not found].

Dolphin uses KIO slaves for network access, trash and other functionality, unlike GTK+ file managers which use GVFS. Available protocols are shown in the location bar (editable mode) [1]. To quickly bookmark them, right-click in the workspace, and select "Add to Places".

## Troubleshooting

### No search results

If Baloo is enabled, Dolphin attempts to use it for file searches even if no file index is present. Either create a Baloo file index, or disable file indexing through `kcmshell4 kcm_baloofile`.

### Transparent fonts

Fonts in selection frames may become transparent when using the GTK+ Qt style. Native Qt styles such as Cleanlooks and Oxygen are unaffected.

### Unicode characters are not shown

This was a general issue in kdelibs solved in v4.11 and later versions. [2]

## See also

- Wikipedia:Dolphin (file manager)
- KDE userbase: Dolphin
- Dolphin Handbook

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- File managers