Bug 203356

Summary:	Very long paths cause very long dialogs
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs	Reporter:	Khashayar <khashayar.lists>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Peter Penz <peter.penz19>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	SVN
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	image from the report

Description Khashayar 2009-08-10 21:35:20 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

If Dolphin needs to present the user with a dialog that contains a long path, the dialog is stretched out farther than either side of the display, making it impossible to make choice unless the dialog is moved.

Here's an image of how this usability issue might look like: https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/175461/dolphin-ridiculously%20sized%20dialog.png

I also filed this bug downstream: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dolphin/+bug/411598

Comment 1 FiNeX 2009-08-10 21:56:44 UTC

Created attachment 36054 [details]
image from the report

Please, remember to attach files directly on bugzilla. Don't link to external websites.

Comment 2 Khashayar 2009-08-10 22:55:55 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Created an attachment (id=36054) [details]
> image from the report
> 
> Please, remember to attach files directly on bugzilla. Don't link to external
> websites.

Sorry, I didn't know that was preferred. Will do from now on. Thanks for pointing out and uploading :)

Comment 3 Peter Penz 2009-08-11 08:48:53 UTC

Thanks for the report. Could you please let me know what you did before the dialog appeared? Did you drag & drop a file to a location with no write access?

Usually Dolphin shows all error messages as part of the statusbar and I need to know how to reproduce the issue to fix it.

Comment 4 Khashayar 2009-08-11 10:08:48 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> Thanks for the report. Could you please let me know what you did before the
> dialog appeared? Did you drag & drop a file to a location with no write access?
> 
> Usually Dolphin shows all error messages as part of the statusbar and I need to
> know how to reproduce the issue to fix it.

I had an audio CD in the drive. While exploring it I noticed that it had folders containing FLACs, OGGs, etc. (which is a real gem of a feature by the way!). I started copying over the FLACs to my hard drive but the CD must have been damaged. It repeatedly failed on one of the tracks with that dialog showing up.