https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452996
Bug ID: 452996
Summary: In the Name field, the presence of a file extension
blocks KDialog from showing you a drop down list with
filenames from the current directory.
Product: kdialog
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
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In the Name field, the presence of a file extension (e.g. .rpm) blocks KDialog
from showing you a drop down list with filenames from the current directory.
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Suppose that you have a folder full of Work documents. Assume they have
similar names in this format: Work-Document-XX, where X is an integer.
2. Open a browser, try to download a file and navigate to the directory with
these files.
3. If you type `Work-Document-` in the file name field, you should expect to
see a drop down menu with a list of all similarly named files. But you won't
until you delete the file extension.
OBSERVED RESULT
Just like its counterparts in GNOME and Windows, KDialog does have a drop down
list that will show you a list of file names that matches the text you typed
into the Name field. The difference in KDialog is that this drop down list is
blocked by the existence of the file extension. Consequently, in order to see
drop down list you have to delete the file extension.
This is an annoying papercut especially if you download a lot of files via
KDialog.
EXPECTED RESULT
This is a major papercut in KDialog if you have a lot of files of the same name
but with numerical endings. Every time you try to download a file, you need to
know the number value of the previous file so that you can increment the file
you are saving by one, but you can't see it because of the file extension. You
will have to manually delete the extension, type in the file name, pick the
numerical ending and lastly, type the extension again. Having to do this over
and over is quite annoying.
I recommend either not showing the file extension on the same line as the file
name (Windows approach), or having KDialog disregard the extension and show you
a drop down list as soon as you start typing (which I believe is the GNOME
approach).
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon 20.04; Fedora 35
[Fedora KDE 35 Version Numbers Below]
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
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