https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=431638
Bug ID: 431638
Summary: File Dialog does not add the proper extension
automatically to saved files if the file name contains
dots
Product: frameworks-kio
Version: 5.74.0
Platform: Kubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Open/save dialogs
Assignee: kio-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: jan.rathm...@gmx.de
CC: kdelibs-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
There are cases where the KDE File Save Dialog doesn't add the filename
extension to saved files, even when "Automatically select filename extension"
is checked. I discovered this during my mother's usage of LibreOffice on
Kubuntu, but native KDE applications like Okular and Gwenview are also
affected.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start LibreOffice Writer with KDE integration.
2. Type in some random text.
3. Click on "Save.."
4. Verify that "Automatically select filename extension" is checked.
5. Enter a filename (without the extension) that contains at least one dot,
e.g. a date specification like 15.01.2021
6. Click "Save".
OBSERVED RESULT
The saved file lacks the proper extension ("My Document 15.01.2021").
EXPECTED RESULT
The proper extension should have been added automatically to the filename ("My
Document 15.01.2021.odt"), like it does when the filename contains no dot.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
>From the KDE applications I did a test with Okular and Gwenview. Okular seems
to behave the same way than LibreOffice, while Gwenview shows two error
messages when testing with the steps described above:
"This type of image data is not supported" and "Saving of photo15.01 failed:
This type of image data is not supported".
Obviously the part of the filename after the last dot is interpreted by the
File Dialog/Gwenview as an attempt to manually specify an extension - a
behaviour that doesn't make sense to me when the checkbox to automatically
select the filename extension is checked.
There is a report in the LibreOffice Bugzilla about this problem, stating that
this is a problem of the KDE File Dialog and it should be reported to KDE:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45764
This Krita bug seems to be related:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388738
(Beside this, I couldn't find any existing report.)
This bug has been an actual problem, since my mother (who is very much a
non-technical person) sended files via mail that were erroneously saved without
an extension and people were complaining that they couldn't open them because
the lack of a proper extension. I had to teach her that she always has to keep
in memory to manually add ".odt" to every document she saves in LO, which is
not very convenient and can easily be forgotten.
Kind regards,
Jan
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Distro: Kubuntu 20.10 (and 20.04)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74
Qt Version: 5.14.2
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