https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466992
Bug ID: 466992
Summary: KDE Partition Manager shows the partition name as
label and doesn't allow you to change one
Classification: Applications
Product: partitionmanager
Version: 22.12.3
Platform: Debian unstable
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: andr...@stikonas.eu
Reporter: ilikef...@waterisgone.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 157075
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=157075&action=edit
Partitions with names and labels set and a partition properties window opened
SUMMARY
KDE Partition Manager shows the partition name as label in its UI (both in
column headers and properties window)
And it doesn't allow you the create / edit / delete a partition name.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use GParted
2. Create or use a GPT partition table on some disk
3. Create a BTRFS partition and fill both the name an label fields with
something unique that helps you differentiate later which is which.
OBSERVED RESULT
My root partition has:
Name: Linux-name
Label: Linux-label
My home partition has:
Name: Home-name
Label: Home-label
And GParted, with which I created the partition table and partitions, giving
them names and labels before installing the OS, shows them in the proper
columns similar to the fields where they were created.
1. All the partition names under a column named "Name"
2. All the partition labels under a column named "Label"
3. Both the name and the label can be added or edited later from the context
menu. For mounted partitions only after version 1.4.0
There was a bug that didn't allow to to this on mounted file systems before
this version:
https://gparted.org/news.php?item=243
While KDE Partition Manager shows them in a confusing manner, not similar to
the fields where they were created
1. All the partition names under a column named "Partition Label"
2. All the partition labels under a column named "Label"
3. Only the label can be added or edited later from the properties window
EXPECTED RESULT
1. I expect that all partition names are shown under a column named "Name",
instead of "Partition label" how it is now.
2. I expect that when I open the context menu on a partition and click on
"Properties" item, I see a row there named "Name" instead of "Partition label"
how it is now. This is confusing since we already have label, which of course
it's a partition label since we're talking about partitions, same as with the
columns.
3. I expected that the name can be added or edited if it's already there,
similar to how you can do with the label
Optional but nice if possible:
4. I expect to have in the Properties window, the Name field immediately after
the Label field to quickly be able to see them both and add or edit them and
because to me they are logically related by being a type of a user-friendly
description of that partition.
5. If Label remains the first field of this description and Name immediately
after it, I expect a "Copy label" button next to name field, if possible, to be
able to quickly use the same name if I want to do that.
If 4. it's not possible, because they are grouped like in Gparted properties
window (File system and Partition), then I would like to see groups labels too,
as those horizontal lines are not clear not me at all on what sections they
want to separate.
Maybe you can do something like the fieldset / legend in HTML:
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_fieldset
To me that would be more clear which are part of which, even though it would
not help much to understand if the name or label is more useful or supported or
I should just continue to add them both.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103
Qt Version: 5.15.8
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For my installation I named and labeled the partitions and used the "-name" and
"-label" suffixes to be more clear to me which ones are displayed in Dolphin
and used anywhere else and as a good way to learn how Linux works.
Leaving them empty or typing the same thing in both would've made my learning
process harder.
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