https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501607
Bug ID: 501607
Summary: New URL/Location Bar breadcrumb navigation regressions
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Product: frameworks-kio
Version: 6.12.0
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: URL navigator
Assignee: kio-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: breakingsp...@gmail.com
CC: kdelibs-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Please refer to my feedback on
https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/merge_requests/1793#note_1170629
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Be a user of Breadcrumb Navigation as presented by both Dolphin and Windows
Explorer
2. Open Dolphin and navigate to a deep folder, observe navigation bar
3. The radical changes in styling are jarring, and no longer match Windows
OBSERVED RESULT
The Location Bar is now cluttered with redundant non-interactive separators,
and misleadingly-interactive folder icons to replace the chevrons.
EXPECTED RESULT
One wouldn't expect this kind of schema to be refactored like it was under a
simple background element enhancement. It's far too radical of a change and it
should be walked back. The changes in spacing/padding/separators/icons are a
step backward.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12
Qt Version: 6.8.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
There are many other mockups of Location Bar ideas in the Merge Request.
However, none of them are necessary. The original system was just fine, I don't
see any bug reports or complains online about the Breadcrumb system in
particular that would warrant this change.
In reading the Merge request's discussion, I noticed the developer remark on
the drop-down lists component of this feature, and how it seems redundant to
them: https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/merge_requests/1793#note_1131315.
Respectfully, the system should not have been changed if it's utility was not
fully understood. Having an on-demand drop-down directory list view while also
applying an otherwise-global Details view to Dolphin is my particular use-case.
At the very least, the vertical separators *MUST* be addressed. Interactive
drop-down chevrons should separate levels just as before, without unnecessary
padding.
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