https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525565
Bug ID: 525565
Summary: Add a preference to keep new folders in the current
directory when a subfolder is selected
Classification: Applications
Product: dolphin
Version First unspecified
Reported In:
Platform: Kubuntu
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Since bug 438491 was resolved, creating a new folder while a subfolder is
selected places the new folder inside the selected subfolder, across all
creation methods (context menu, File menu, F10). This was a deliberate
standardization (see merge request !244, "Allow new subfolders/files to be
created in selected folders"), not a regression, and I'm not asking to revert
it. I would ask for an additional preference that lets the new folder go into
the current directory instead, regardless of what's selected.
CURRENT BEHAVIOR
With a subfolder selected in the current directory, Create New > Folder (by any
method) creates the new folder inside the selected subfolder.
REQUESTED BEHAVIOR
A setting (Configure Dolphin > general or similar) that, when enabled, would
create new folders and files in the currently open directory rather than inside
a selected item. The existing behavior from !244 would remain the default; this
would be opt-in.
MOTIVATION
The current behavior diverges from how the two other major desktop platforms
handle it.
On macOS, File > New Folder always creates in the currently open location, and
grouping a selection into a folder is a separate, explicit command (New Folder
with Selection), not what plain New Folder does.
Windows File Explorer works the same way: ordinary New Folder ignores the
selection, and a "folder with selection" option has been a requested addition
rather than existing default behavior.
So on both platforms, using a selection as the target is something a person
opts into deliberately, never the default outcome of the plain new-folder
action.
Because that's the behavior people bring with them from other platforms,
Dolphin's current default isn't just different, it's actively misleading. I hit
this myself: I created folders that I believed had failed silently, because
they weren't visible where I expected them, and only found the cause after
searching separately for what I assumed was a Dolphin bug.
A preference to match the more common cross-platform default would let people
avoid that confusion without touching the consistency !244 established for
people who prefer the current design.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 26.04
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.6
Dolphin Version: 25.12.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 7.0.0-31-generic (64-bit)
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