On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 17:02, Alex Viskovatoff wrote: > Hi, > > The documentation for Nautilus states: > > An icon caption displays the name of a file or folder in an icon > view. The icon caption also includes three additional items of > information on the file or folder. The additional information is > displayed after the file name. Normally only one item of information > is visible, but when you zoom in on an icon, more of the information > is displayed. > > This doesn't work on my system. In a Nautilus window, if I move the > pointer close to an icon, the icon becomes highlighted, and the pointer > changes from an arrow to a hand with an extended index finger, but > nothing else happens. Specifically, no "additional information is > displayed after the file name". In "Icon captions" in "File management > preferences", I have something selected in all three drop-down lists. > > Does anyone have any idea of what could be wrong with my system? Should > a daemon be running that isn't? (I do have gnome-settings-daemon > running, for example; if it isn't running, some fancy icon images don't > load.) According to yum, my system is completely up to date. > > Thanks in advance for any ideas. I know that KDE does what you describe. but I don't think nautilus acts like that when you place a mouse pointer over the icon. The menu items you mention have to do with the displayed information. File information is also displayed at the bottom of nautilus. -- Best Regards, Keith http://kilowatt-radio.org/ NW Oregon Radio Page Keep Dubya in Office, Vote for Ralph Nader
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