Preview
The file manager include some file preview features. The preview features
can affect the speed with which the file manager responds to requests. You
can modify the behavior of some of these features to improve the speed of
the file manager. For each preview preference, you can select one of the following
options.
Always
| Performs the action for both local files, and files on other file systems.
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Local Files Only
| Performs the action for local files only.
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Never
| Never performs the action.
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Visualize ZFS
snapshots timeline
| Specifies whether
you are able to view previous snapshots of a folder in its File Manager window,
using the View → Restore menu item.
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To set your preview preferences, choose Edit → Preferences. Click
the Preview tab.
The following table lists the preview preferences that you can modify.
Table 8-11 Preview Preferences | |
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Show text in icons
| Specifies when to preview the content of text files in the icon that
represents the file.
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Show thumbnails
| Specifies when to show thumbnails of image files. The file manager stores
the thumbnail files for each folder in a .thumbnails directory
in the user's Home folder.
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Only for files smaller than
| Specifies the maximum file size for files for which the file manager
creates a thumbnail.
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Preview sound files
| Specifies when to preview sound files.
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Count number of items
| Specifies when to show the number of items in folders. When in icon
view, you might need to increase your zoom level to see the number of items
in each folder.
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