https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441021
Bug ID: 441021 Summary: Drag-n-drop for a URL onto .desktop icon does not open the URL Product: plasmashell Version: 5.22.3 Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: general Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk Reporter: rybak....@gmail.com CC: plasma-b...@kde.org Target Milestone: 1.0 Created attachment 140758 --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=140758&action=edit Screenshot of "kioexec Copying" notification SUMMARY When drugging an URL onto a .desktop icon of a browser, the URL is mangled and thus a wrong page is opened in the browser. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open https://pointieststick.com/2021/08/13/this-week-in-kde-bugfixes-and-ui-improvements-galore/ (or any other website -- using this just as an example) in Firefox 2. Mouse down and drag the "Get involved" link 3. Drop it onto a Chromium.desktop icon on the desktop OBSERVED RESULT * A "kioexec Copying" notification is shown (see the screenshot) * A mangled file:// URL is opened in Chromium: file:///home/andrei/.cache/kioexec/krun/195644_0/Get_Involved EXPECTED RESULT URL https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved is opened in Chromium SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: KDE neon 5.22 KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.84.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 Kernel Version: 5.11.0-25-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION * This is extremely useful when trying to open a URL in a different browser. * The video attached at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420131 shows that it used to work in 5.16.5 (albeit intermittently). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.