https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459646
Bug ID: 459646
Summary: Some .desktop files are always executed on clicking
Classification: Applications
Product: dolphin
Version: 22.08.1
Platform: Archlinux
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
When left-clicking (either single- or double-click depending on the config) an
executable file, one can configure Dolphin to ask what to do or to open the
file in another application instead of just executing it. However, this setting
is not obeyed for some .desktop files.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Go to Settings > configure Dolphin > General > confirmation, and set 'when
opening executable files' to 'always ask'
2. In Dolphin, right-click > create new > link to location (URL), and enter any
URL to create a corresponding .desktop file in the current folder
3. Open the .desktop file (either single or double click depending on your
system settings)
OBSERVED RESULTS
The URL is opened in the default browser.
EXPECTED RESULTS
Dolphin should ask whether to 'execute' the .desktop file or whether to open
the .desktop file itself in the default application for text files, since a
user who has chosen this configuration for executables will probably be unhappy
with .desktop files being directly 'executed'.
SOFTWARE VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6
Kernel Version: 5.15.70-1-lts (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Here is an example of a .desktop file for which this happens (strangely,
permissions are 644, not executable):
```
[Desktop Entry]
Icon=text-html
Name=Datasets
Type=Link
URL[$e]=https://turbulence.pha.jhu.edu/datasets.aspx
```
Strangely, the config is obeyed for .desktop files which are present in
.local/share/applications
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