https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445403
Bug ID: 445403
Summary: [feature] Clone navigation history when creating new
tab
Product: dolphin
Version: 21.08.3
Platform: Archlinux Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: george_k...@hotmail.com
CC: kfm-de...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
Hello, I would like to suggest new functionality that I belive could be useful
in Dolphin.
In dolphin, one can use the backwards/forwards button or the keybindings to
quickly navigate to recent locations (in a linear, time-wise, fashion). When a
new tab is created (eg. Ctrl+T or from the context menu), the new tab has no
navigation history, as is normal.
My suggestion is that when a new tab is created, it clones the navigation
history of its parent. For example, how it could work:
- A new dolphin window is opened at ~.
- User navigates to ~/folder1, then to ~/folder1/folder2, and then back to
~/folder1.
- User uses Ctrl+T or equivalent shortcut to open a new tab.
- The new tab opens at ~/folder1.
- [suggested addition] The history of the parent tab is cloned, and the user
can navigate backwards, which would take him to ~, and forwards, which would
take him to ~/folder1/folder2.
The use case in the context of which I have though this up: I am in folder, and
I want to open a new tab to the parent or to a sibling folder (folder with same
parent as current). After opening a new tab (which will automatically become
focused), the cloned history would allow me to quickly navigate back to the
parent folder.
There are probably a number of alternative ways to do this, but I believe this
to be a good (better?) addition with little (none?) drawbacks. Alernative but
not as good ways I can think of:
- Use the navigation bar, which requires mouse clicks or more complex actions
(Ctrl+L and path editing)
- Use the Up navigation function, but that also requires a click. Or maybe it
can be binded (I actually don't know), but more complex histories might not be
covered, and a potentially unecessary binding needs to be created.
Please let me know your thoughts on this and how/if I could help. (including
code, though I should say I am new to KDE/dolphin).
Dolphin 21.08.3-1
Plasma 5.23.3-1
Arch Linux
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