Viewing Graphics Files

Viewing Graphics Files Images can only be displayed by applications that can interpret the information in a graphics file. The application must understand the specific format the graphic file is stored in. An application may understand .jpg files, but not .bmp files. Konqueror can display most graphics formats. Konqueror can display thumbnails of the graphics files when it displays the files in a directory. Thumbnails are small versions of the image. To configure Konqueror to display thumbnails, click View and select Preview to see the submenu shown on the right. Select Show Previews. Check or uncheck the types of previews you want to see. For graphics thumbnails, check Pictures and Images. With previews on, thumbnails of most graphics files display, but not all. For instance, thumbnails of .bmp files and .tif files are not shown. However, this doesn't mean that Konqueror can't render the graphics format. If you double-click the icon for a .bmp or .tif file, the image displays in the Konqueror window. Graphics file extensions are associated with applications, as described in Chapter 9. To see which application is associated with a particular file type, highlight a file with the extension, right-click, and select Edit File Type. You can see, and change, the application that opens the file with the given extension. Konqueror can interpret most graphics file types, but not all. For instance, Konqueror can't interpret .svg files, a graphics file type that uses XML. If you double-click an .svg file icon, it opens in the application associated with the .svg file type, usually sodipodi.