https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510166
[email protected] <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #5 from [email protected] <[email protected]> --- These two bug reports from 2023 ( 472740, 472672 ) seem to be relevant to this thread. I'm experiencing something closely related to this which indicates the behavior is probably bugged or at least unintentional. Under certain conditions, the "Create New > Folder" option fails quietly and does nothing at all. As I've been learning how to use Dolphin I've found myself really enjoying the details view, since I can open all kinds of subfolders without actually navigating to them. This is very handy for keeping a birds-eye view of a complex media library or project with all kinds of branching sub-folders. In comparison, I've found that navigating through the labirynth of files the regular way, by opening the folders directly, feels claustrophobic (if that makes sense). Because of the way I've been using Dolphin's details view, it's intuitive to me that I'd be able to make new folders inside of any directory I want, simply by right-clicking on the folder I want it in and choosing "Create New > Folder" in the context menu. However, when I try to add a new folder in this way, it does not bring up the new folder dialogue; it just fails quietly and does nothing. If I right-click on whitespace or the margins and choose "Create New > Folder" in the context menu, the new folder is created in the directory on the address bar, even if I have a target folder selected. I have also tested this with "File > Create New > Folder", and I get the same behavior. The fact that hasezoey seems to have the opposite problem indicates to me that there is some kind of bug causing inconsistent behavior, or that behavior was changed in the progression from Dolphin 25.08.0 to 25.08.1. It's also worth considering that, to users like hasezoey, this change in behavior is a regression. The interesting edge case brought up by The Ge where multiple selected folders are selected should also be considered carefully when fixing these discrepancies. While Brandon Beaumia's suggestion of a modifier key could work, relegating core functionality to keyboard shortcuts is not good practice when trying to develop a system for regular users. I propose that the simplest solution is to split this into two separate options in the context menu, and two separate bindable behaviors: - The default, "Create New > Folder" (or maybe "Folder In Directory"), should only consider the directory in the address bar. - The new option, called something like "Folder In Selected", should consider the selected directory instead. You could even handle the edge case by displaying "Folders In Selected" instead, if multiple folders are selected, and allow the user to make identical new subfolders in each selected folder (though whether this is more likely to be done by accident than on purpose should be discussed further, and possibly user-tested). --- Operating System: Nobara Linux 42 KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0 Qt Version: 6.9.2 Kernel Version: 6.17.1-200.nobara.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Dolphin Version: 25.08.0 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
