Hi. I have been using LO for years with no problem in Windows but now I am running it on Linux Mint instead of windows. When I press [OPEN FILE] in Calc or Writer I get a list of files with lots of details but I would like it just to show icons. I have tried doing everything it says in options/view etc., but to no avail.
How can I show icons of my files when I press [OPEN] ?
I am not talking about [RECENT DOCUMENTS] which are icons. Just the [OPEN] command dialogue.
Thanks to anyone who can solve this.
Pressing on the Open icon or selecting File>Open menu command, warps you to a more or less standard OS file dialog.
Depending on the desktop you installed (Gnome, KDE Plasma, Xfce, Mate, …), this dialog can be customised.
Under KDE Plasma, you have a toolbar at top with navigating arrows (previous, next, up, refresh) followed by icons describing the look of the selection pane below. I have: icon view, icon with details at right, detailed list view. Then you have icons to show preview (IMHO useful only with giant-sized icons) and alter sorting order.
PS: when asking here always mention OS (and its version), exact LO release and, when relevant, file save format. Here more information on your Linux configuration would have helped.
Thank you. Silly of me not to give more detail. Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon 6.4.8 (Gnome?) desktop.
Sadly when I press OPEN i do not get the dialogue you describe or icons describing the selection pane. See screen shot. No way tro choose icons instead of this list
Here is the dialog under KDE Plasma:
Not the top toolbar.
Cinnamon is indeed of fork of GNOME. KDE Plasma is another desktop environment, quite different (not only because it is based on Qt widgets while Gnome uses GTK+ library, but also by its footprint – you better have a powerful machine). So, features may and are different.
There is also another factor which may have its share. Which VCL is installed on your machine. You can tell by going to Help>About LO and looking at parameter VCL.
Thanks. I I have VCL GTK 3 on my machine but my LO does not look like yours at all when I press OPEN FILE. Those menu items etc. not offered.
Are you saying on Cinnamon I have no choice? Do I have to swap to KDE plasma which would not be my choice, just to get LO behaving normally
I appreciate your help but …