I've just switched from Mandriva to Kubuntu some time ago, and one of the first things I noticed was the lack of buttons for fast-switching between view modes.

Ok, so I don't really have the time right now to write it up properly. There ya go a dirty notepad sheet for all ye interested.

This is a dynamic list of actions. You can move it, but if you remove it you won't be able to re-add it.


~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/konqueror.rc
...
<gui>
 <MenuBar>
  ...
 </MenuBar>
 ...
 <ToolBar newline="true" noMerge="1" name="locationToolBar" fullWidth="true" >
  <text>Location Toolbar</text>
  <Action name="back" />
  <Action name="forward" />
  <Action name="up" />
  <Action name="home" />
  <Action name="reload_stop" />
  <ActionList name="viewmode_toolbar" />
  <Action name="clear_location" />
  <Action name="toolbar_url_combo" />
  <Action name="go_url" />
 </ToolBar>
 ...
</gui>


http://en.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/kdebase/kdebase_3.5.6.orig.tar.gz
http://en.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/kdebase/kdebase_3.5.6-0ubuntu20.diff.gz


patch -p1 < kdebase_3.5.6-0ubuntu20.diff


kdebase-3.5.6/debian/patches/kubuntu_84_group_toolbar_viewmode_icons.diff


+++ kdebase-3.5.4.new/konqueror/iconview/konq_iconview.desktop  2006-09-26 19:12:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -81,8 +81,5 @@
 X-KDE-BrowserView-AllowAsDefault=true
 X-KDE-BrowserView-HideFromMenus=true
 X-KDE-BrowserView-Args=IconView
-X-KDE-BrowserView-ModeProperty=viewMode
-X-KDE-BrowserView-ModePropertyValue=IconView
-X-KDE-BrowserView-Built-Into=konqueror
 Icon=view_icon
 InitialPreference=10


sudo vi /usr/share/services/konq_iconview.desktop
	X-KDE-BrowserView-ModeProperty=viewMode
	X-KDE-BrowserView-ModePropertyValue=IconView
	X-KDE-BrowserView-Built-Into=konqueror

sudo vi /usr/share/services/konq_multicolumnview.desktop
	X-KDE-BrowserView-ModeProperty=viewMode
	X-KDE-BrowserView-ModePropertyValue=MultiColumnView
	X-KDE-BrowserView-Built-Into=konqueror

/usr/share/services/konq_*
	/usr/share/services/konq_detailedlistview.desktop
	/usr/share/services/konq_iconview.desktop
	/usr/share/services/konq_infolistview.desktop
	/usr/share/services/konq_multicolumnview.desktop
	/usr/share/services/konq_textview.desktop
	/usr/share/services/konq_treeview.desktop

sudo vi /usr/share/services/konq_treeview.desktop
	X-KDE-BrowserView-ModeProperty=viewMode
	X-KDE-BrowserView-ModePropertyValue=TreeView
	X-KDE-BrowserView-Built-Into=konqueror


http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/k/kdebase/kdebase_3.5.6-0ubuntu20/changelog