https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424082
--- Comment #6 from j...@forestfield.org --- Thanks for the demonstration animation. In reference to: https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/uploads/6df68f21d5ccca1ac7be6b2b21b40b1b/Peek_2020-09-19_16-41.gif that in Dolphin, you've created a "kt" directory where this directory already exists. You got an error ("A folder named /home/ahmad/dev/kio/building-dir/bin/kt already exists") and the error panel has an OK button. You clicked the OK button to dismiss that error panel, the error panel disappeared, and then the animation loops. I think there are a couple of misunderstandings in this discussion: 1. I'm talking about a different panel than what you're showing in the animation: What you're showing is in Dolphin, but what I'm talking about is the behavior of the open/save directory panel applications use when they want you to point a program to a directory. In this panel, one does not see all of the same icons and have the same functionality as a Dolphin file browser window. I've uploaded a WebM attachment (Attachment 131791) to show the panel I'm talking about. 2. The context is different: In the open/save directory panel one can create a new folder (via the "New Folder..." button) and it is there that I think creating a folder with the same path as one that already exists should not return an error but instead take the user to that folder just as if the folder were just created because in the context of this panel one is trying to say something like "I wish to point the application to this specified folder" and let the user get on with what they were working on. To get to the panel I'm referring to, I used qBitTorrent version 4.2.5 (64-bit) on Debian GNU/Linux: Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.70.0 Qt Version: 5.14.2 Kernel Version: 5.8.0-1-amd64 OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 8 × AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM I imagine that there are other apps one could use to get to the same panel. This panel is chiefly about manipulating directories -- one can make a new directory (as you see I tried to do) but making a directory that matches a directory which already exists produces an error instead of taking the user to that directory. I'm not well-versed in the set of KDE or Qt panels, so I'm not sure if we're both referring to the same panel (perhaps with a different configuration) or the same error. My main point is that in the middle of doing something else I think that getting to the desired directory should trump the details of whether that directory exists. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
