Only when selecting multiple files in KFileDialog, if a file contains in the name the characters '#' or '%', it is (wrongly) escaped. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create some files named f#1.png, f#2.png, f%1.png, f%2.png 2. Run: kdialog --multiple --getopenfilename ~ "*.png|PNG images" Actual Results: KFileDialog returns: /home/victor/f%231.png /home/victor/f%232.png /home/victor/f%251.png /home/victor/f%252.png Expected Results: KFileDialog should return: /home/victor/f#1.png /home/victor/f#2.png /home/victor/f%1.png /home/victor/f%2.png This is also reproducible with the latest kdelibs build from master.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 267070 ***