KDE Plasma’s Dolphin file manager once again has column view, a feature that has been missing since 2011, despite users clamoring for it.

Dolphin had column view in KDE 4.0, but in the upgrade to Dolphin 2.0, column view got left behind. Users have continued to ask for it, and after 15 years it looks like they’re finally getting their wish. KDE developer Méven Car made the announcement of column view’s return in a blog post .

I am happy to announce that Dolphin has a new view mode: Columns. Each column shows one folder. Select a folder and its content opens in the next column, so the path from the folder you opened down to your selection stays on screen. This layout is known as Miller columns, after Mark S. Miller, who created it in 1980.

It is now in the master branch of Dolphin, not yet in Dolphin 26.12. We can still bring it into 26.12 until November 12th, if the testers find it ready. Otherwise it will ship in Dolphin 27.04.…