Krusader is missing its dialog box

[Olivier Fourdan]

A simple test you could do is to try within KDE to see if the dialog shows.
I reckon you don;t even need a full KDE session, simply replace the WM like
this:

$ kwin --replace

Cheers,
Oliver.

On 16 March 2016 at 17:05, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:

> On 03/15/2016 12:54 PM, Petter Adsen wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:16:24 -0700
>> ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 03/15/2016 09:28 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 06:00:15 -0700
>>>> ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe you guys know the answer to this one?
>>>>>
>>>>> Krusader 2.4.0-beta3  (both machines)
>>>>>
>>>>> On my Scientific Linux 7.2 x64 machine (Xfce 4.10), when I copy
>>>>> or move or delete a large file, I get a progress dialog box.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On my Fedora Core 23, x64 machine (Xfce 4.12), I do not.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any idea how do I get my copy dialog box back?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Krusader is a KDE application AFAIK, so this is probably the wrong
>>>> place to ask. Sorry.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> If I ask the KDE group, they have no clue about Xfce.
>>>
>>
>> But the dialog box provided by Krusader is part of the KDE libraries
>> or Krusader itself, it has nothing at all to do with Xfce. As you say,
>> if you use Thunar you will see the dialog box that Thunar provides, Xfce
>> is not involved in whether or not Krusader displays a dialog. The
>> problem lies either in Krusader or one of the many KDE libraries.
>>
>> You are probably running an older version on the machine where you get
>> the dialog, you could try downgrading to the same version on the other
>> machine. There could also be a configuration setting, maybe a hidden
>> one, for
>>
>
> See above:
> >>>> Krusader 2.4.0-beta3  (both machines)
>
> The only difference is the OS: FC23 and SL7.2
>
>
> whether a dialog is displayed or not.
>>
>> I can't be the only one using Krusader on Xfce.  It is
>>> ugly, but the most supremely useful file manager I have
>>> ever one across.  I can't live without it.
>>>
>>
>> Most people who use Xfce probably tries to stay with GTK applications,
>> to avoid dragging in the whole KDE stack.
>>
>
> Too late for me.  I love K3B and KPat.  Can't stand KDE.
>
> Sure, some of us use KDE
>> applications, but this is in general not the best place to ask for help
>> that is specific to them. I didn't mean to be rude by pointing this
>> out, I'm simply saying that there are other places where you are more
>> likely to find people who can actually help you :)
>>
>
> I asked on Krusaders list first.  They drew a blank.
>
>>
>> As an aside, I can recommend SpaceFM as a GTK file manager - I find it
>> very useful. Easy to customize and extend, it has extensive
>> capabilities for adding custom scripts etc. It isn't as pretty or
>> tightly integrated as some other file managers, but it's very powerful.
>>
>> Petter
>>
>
> I will take a look at it.
>
> Thank you for helping me with this!
>
> -T
>
>
>
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