Bug 166909

Summary: drag&drop from a tar.gz cannot create a folder, yet copy and paste works
Product: [Applications] kfile Reporter: S. Burmeister <sven.burmeister>
Component: generalAssignee: Peter Penz <peter.penz19>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: andresbajotierra, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description S. Burmeister 2008-07-18 12:17:10 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.0.98)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:                Linux

I have a .tar.gz file which opens within dolphin. If I try to drag&drop the content, i.e. a folder, to a breadcrump I get the message that the tar-protocoll does not support creating a folder.

If I however copy that folder within the archive and paste it to the folder I tried dropping it on, it does work.
Comment 1 Dario Andres 2008-12-19 21:01:56 UTC
If you are currently browsing through a tar file, the location bar is using the tar:/ kioslave protocol, so dragging some file to a locatiobar/breadcrum item will drop it inside the tar protocol, and because you can't write inside a tar file and may be that the parent folder (where you dropped the file) isn't even inside the tar file, you get that message. I don't know if this can be fixed easily.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2018-04-13 15:35:25 UTC
Drag-and-drop to the breadcrumb bar makes no sense here since it's showing you the tar:/ kioslave protocol, which is rooted at the tar archive itself. Drag-and-drop to another location (i.e. another Dolphin window, or another pane in the split view works fine.