https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500305
Bug ID: 500305
Summary: Unable to drag-and-drop symlinks to folders into the
Places panel
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Product: frameworks-kio
Version: git master
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Places
Assignee: kio-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: m...@kisaragi-hiu.com
CC: k...@privat.broulik.de, kdelibs-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Symlinks generally act like the thing being symlinked to apart from being
marked as a symlink. This means, for example, if I right click on a symlink to
a folder, just like when I right click on a folder, I get the option to add the
path to the Places panel (in Dolphin the action is called Add to Bookmark).
However, if I drag-and-drop the item to the places panel instead, the folder
view complains that the panel only supports folders.
Symlinks can become invalid (target renamed), but folder paths can also become
invalid (folder gets deleted), so adding a symlink to a folder into the Places
panel should be a supported interaction. Right now that can be done with the
right click menu but not via drag-and-drop.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a symlink to a folder (in Dolphin, drag-and-drop folder to empty
place, then Link Here, then give it a different name)
2. Right click on the symlink, select Add to Bookmark, and observe how it does
work. Then remove the just-added bookmark item
3. Drag-and-drop the symlink to the Places panel.
OBSERVED RESULT
Dolphin or KIO refuses to add the symlink to a folder into the Places panel
despite it being a valid interaction.
EXPECTED RESULT
The symlink to a folder gets added to the Places panel just like a normal
folder would.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.11.0-17-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Neon package version for kf6-kio is 6.10.0+p24.04+vunstable+git20250218.0023-0
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