Re: OT: Missing sidebar; was buster: multiple instances of konqueror?

["R. Lewis" <lewis.r0516@rogers.com>]

Hello,

Étienne Mollier wrote:

> On 07/09/2019 18.00, R. Lewis wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> D. R. Evans wrote:
>> 
>>> R.Lewis wrote on 9/7/19 8:14 AM:
>>>
>>>> I'm glad to see that you have solved your problem with konqueror, and
>>>> I'm wondering if you can help me with mine.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have a sidebar (F9)?  If you do, how did you get it?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nope. I saw your original question, and have no solution for you, I'm
>>> afraid.
>>>
>>>   Doc
>>>
>> 
>> Thanks very much for replying.
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I managed to get something looking like a side bar (side tool
> bar might be a more appropriate naming perhaps), even with F9 to
> switch it on and off.  But I had to configure it myself to get
> it to work, and it is quite possible that is does not achieve
> the convenience of the way it worked in previous Konqueror
> versions.
> 
> I worked with the "Bookmark Toolbar", but steps would be similar
> when using any other custom toolbar.  Here are the steps I
> followed:
> 
> 1. I made sure the "Bookmark Toolbar" was enabled in the menu
>    showing up when right clicking over the menu bar.
> 
> 2. Right click over the Bookmark Toolbar shows a menu in which I
>    made sure the "Lock Toolbar Positions" entry was unchecked.
> 
> 3. Using the handle which just spawned, I dragged the Bookmark
>    Toolbar to the side, until a shadow filling the whole height
>    of the window show up.
> 
> 4. To setup the F9 switch, I went to the menu:
> Settings
> -> Configure Shortcuts…
>    then searched for "bookmark", and created the "F9" shortcut
>    for the "Bookmark Toolbar".
> 
> 5. And hit "OK" to validate.
> 
> I fear it is kind of a very hack-ish way of bringing this option
> back to Konqueror, but hope it will open interesting
> perspectives nevertheless.  Don't hesitate to play with the
> "Text Position" and "Icon size": the bar tends to use as much
> space as it requires, without a handle to reduce its width.
> 
> Kind Regards,  :)

Thank you for the reply, and the handy tips.  I never realized that the 
toolbars could be repositioned.  There's always something new to learn. :-)

More searching on the web lead me to a method for creating a tree-style 
sidebar.  I've posted it in my original thread "Buster: Konqueror as File 
Manager", rather than to this OT thread, so that  others may find more 
easily.

Thanks again.

Regards,
Robert