Bug 198942

Summary:	when copying a folder to a directory which contains a folder with that name dolphin doesn't ask to rename the folder but starts adding content to the other folder
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kio	Reporter:	Janet <bugzilla>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Faure <faure>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	finex, nightowl
Priority:	NOR
Version:	SVN
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Janet 2009-07-04 19:39:33 UTC

Version:           KDE 4.3 RC 1 (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

I open dolphin in two pane mode and want to copy a folder from one directory to another by drag'n'drop. The other directory already contains a folder with that name. I now expect dolphin to ask me if I want to rename the folder I want to copy (as it does when I copy a file) or to overwrite the other one i.e. adding the content of the copyied folder to the original one. 

But instead dolphin starts adding the content to the other folder without asking. It only asks if the *content* should be overwritten or renamed. But before worrying about the content it should worry about the folder itself. I ended up with a folder with mixed content of KDE 3 and 4 configurations where I had to sort out everything manually. 

At first I thought it was because I hadn't the right to write to the directory, but it is independent from that, it never asks but starts merging instantly!

Comment 1 FiNeX 2009-07-05 11:27:00 UTC

Did you do a "rename" before starting the copy action?

Comment 2 Tanja Schulte 2009-08-02 16:52:42 UTC

This seems to be fixed since RC2, dolphin now offers to rename the folder.

Comment 3 Janet 2009-08-07 00:20:54 UTC

You're right. I close this.