said Gerhard Zintel: | On Tuesday 10 December 2013, dep wrote: | > hi, people . . . | > | > hope all is well with one and all. | > | > i've meant to ask about this for a long time, and now as i wait | > for a print job to complete i have a chance. it is an annoying | > issue involving konqueror that i hope a little configuration | > tweak might fix. it has been around for multiple versions now. | > | > it's this: let us say that i am using konqueror to look at a | > directory. i see a pdf file that might be what i'm looking for. i | > click on it and it opens in the embedded pdf viewer. nope, wrong | > file. click the up arrow to get back to the directory. only now, | > it has gone from icon view to detailed list view. i have nothing | > against detailed list view. i use it often. but it is not welcome | > to insert itself whenever it feels like it. | > | > so, then, the question: how can i get it to remain in icon view | > after having looked at a pdf in the embedded viewer; else, how to | > i get it to forego the embedded viewer entirely in favor of some | > other pdf program, so i keep konqueror going in icon view? | > | > hope the question is understandable. | > | > thanks. | > | > best, | | Hi dep, | | your second question first: if you use middle mouse button to click | on the file kpdf is launched as an external player. You don't | change your settings in Konqui. | | For the first question only a guess: If you use the back button | instead of the up button, doesn't reakt Konqueror correct? | | Hope that helps | Gerhard

you're right on both counts -- thanks!

to which i can only add, in reference to myself, DUH!