https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366467
Rog131 <samrog...@hotmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |samrog...@hotmail.com --- Comment #1 from Rog131 <samrog...@hotmail.com> --- (In reply to firewalker from comment #0) > If you have a folder with (for example mp3 songs) Dolphin will display > metadata on the information panel. If you create a symbolic link to that > folder and open it with Dolphin, no metadata infos are shown. > > In the picture bellow the left folder is the "original". The right one is > the symbolic link to the original. > > http://i.imgur.com/bGHrxAC.png > > Dolphin version: 16.04.3 > > Reproducible: Always > > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. Create a folder with mp3 songs. > 2. Create a symbolic link to that folder. > 3. Open the symbolic link with Dolphin. > > Actual Results: > Dolphin does not display metadata on the symbolic link folder. > > Expected Results: > Dolphin should display metadata on the symbolic link folder. Are you using the file search (Baloo) ? Could be linked to the Bug 333678 - Cannot index and search files in soft link path using Baloo Desktop Search: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=333678 At here: Case 1 - File search enabled but the symlinked folder (partition) is on the 'Do not search' list. The metadata is not shown: http://imgur.com/a/5Lo9B Case 2 - File search enabled and the Baloo can index the symlinked folder. The metadata is shown: http://imgur.com/a/SgHtE Case 3 - File search is disabled. The metadata is shown: http://imgur.com/a/PWNWP -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.