2 * \mainpage A network-enabled file management system in a library
4 * This library implements almost all the file management functions you
5 * will ever need. In fact, the KDE file manager, Konqueror also uses
6 * this to provide its network-enabled file management.
8 * The easiest way to use this library from a KDE application is via the
9 * @see KIO::NetAccess class (for easy synchronous access) or via the
10 * @see KIO::Job class (for more complex asynchronous jobs).
12 * This library also implements the System Configuration Cache (KSycoca).
15 * The notion of a file type, already existing in KDE-1.x
18 * To a mimetype are bound one or more applications, now called services.
19 * Services can be applications, but also libraries, dynamically opened.
22 * A service type allows the same mechanism to be extended to components.
23 * For instance : the question "what are the koffice plugins" is solved by
24 * a service type called KOfficePlugin, and by every plugin providing
25 * a .desktop file stating that it is a service that implements the servicetype
28 * @see KServiceTypeProfile:
29 * Stores the user's preferences for services bound to mimetypes/servicetypes.
32 * Use it to query for which services implement a given mimetype/servicetype.
33 * Has its own language, in order to allow complex queries.
36 * \section KDE Filedialog widget and associated classes.
38 * This library also provides the KDE file selector widget,
39 * its building blocks and some other widgets, making use of the file dialog.
41 * The file dialog provides different views; there is a vertically scrolling
42 * view based on @see KListView, showing things like filename, file size,
43 * permissions etc. in separate columns. And there is a horizontally scrolling
44 * view based on @see KIconView. Additionally, there are some compound views,
45 * like a view using the icon-view for files on the right side and another
46 * view for directories on the left. A view, that shows a preview for the
47 * currently selected file (using @see KIO::PreviewJob to generate previews)
48 * and any other view to show the files is also available.
50 * All those views share a common baseclass, named @see KFileView, which
51 * defines the interface for inserting files into a view, removing them,
54 * The one class encapsulating all those views and adding browsing capabilities
55 * to them is @see KDirOperator. It allows the user to switch between different
58 * @see KFileTreeView is a KListView based widget that displays files and/or
59 * directories as a tree. It does not implement the KFileView interface,
60 * however, so it can't be used with KDirOperator.
62 * Besides the filebrowsing widgets, there is the @see KPropertiesDialog class,
63 * implementing a dialog showing the name, permissions, icons, meta
64 * information and all kinds of properties of a file, as well as providing a
65 * means to modify them.
67 * The KPropertiesDialog is extensible with plugin-pages via the
68 * @see KPropsDlgPlugin class.
70 * The @see KIconDialog class shows a list of icons installed on the system (as
71 * accessible via @see KIconLoader) and allows the user to select one.
73 * @see KOpenWithDlg implements a dialog to choose an application from, that is
74 * to be run, e.g. to let the user choose an application to open a file/url
79 * The class providing the file selector dialog. It combines a KDirOperator,
80 * KURLBar and several other widgets.
83 * The class encapsulating different KFileViews, offering file browsing and
84 * file selection. Asynchronous, network transparent reading of directories
85 * is performed via the @see KIO library.
88 * A widget to be used for asking for a filename/path/URL. It consists of a
89 * @see KLineEdit (or @see KComboBox) and a button. Activating the button
90 * will open a @see KFileDialog. Typing in the lineedit is aided with
91 * filename completion.
93 * @see KURLRequesterDlg:
94 * A dialog to ask for a filename/path/URL, using KURLRequester.
97 * The base class for all views to be used with KDirOperator.
100 * The KFileView based on KIconView.
102 * @see KFileDetailView:
103 * The KFileView based on KListView.
106 * The KFileView, combining a widget showing preview for a selected file
107 * and another KFileView for browsing.
110 * A widget offering a number of clickable entries which represent a URL,
111 * aligned horizontally or vertically. The entries are customizable by the
112 * user both on a per application basis or for all applications (URLs, their
113 * icon and the description can be added, removed or edited by the user).
114 * This is the widget used as "sidebar" in the @see KFileDialog.
116 * @see KFileMetaInfoWidget:
117 * A widget that allows viewing and editing of meta data of a file, utilizing
118 * @see KFileMetaInfo.