Bug 190579

Summary:	Preview mode for folders (with thumbnailing) doesn't display the fact that it is a symlink folder
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Shaun Reich <sreich>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Peter Penz <peter.penz19>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	finex, jtamate, nightowl
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Shaun Reich 2009-04-25 02:00:12 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

I have a folder that is named "Pictures", which houses about 2,000 of my pictures. I then have created a link (symlink) to that folder, in another directory. In preview mode, when I look at the symlink, it does not reveal the fact that it is actually a link. 

You know, that little arrow, "shortcut-like" icon at the bottom-left of the files/folders.

So I am led to believe that this is the actual folder, only to find out that it is just a link to one. So I could delete that link, and unknowingly, my folder would still reside somewhere in the filesystem, just because I was unaware of the fact that it *was* a link.

Whatever generates the previews does this, because it is only in preview mode, and it occurs in tooltips also.

Comment 1 FiNeX 2009-04-25 16:40:13 UTC

I'd like it too.

Comment 2 Tanja Schulte 2009-06-06 14:29:43 UTC

The name of the link is displayed in italic so you can tell it's a symlink - but nonetheless I'd also prefer an additional link arrow like all other linked files/folders have. Because of consistency and because the information sidebar doesn't reveal that the linked folder is a link.

Comment 3 Jaime Torres 2011-06-12 09:55:07 UTC

*** Bug 169975 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Matthias Fuchs 2011-06-21 14:49:14 UTC

Git commit 034324e01cdb20c7ec7d236ab13be8bd3273acea by Matthias Fuchs.
Committed on 10/06/2011 at 21:33.
Pushed by mfuchs into branch 'master'.

Draw overlays even for previews.

BUG:190579
REVIEW:101570

M  +2    -0    kfile/kfilepreviewgenerator.cpp     

http://commits.kde.org/kdelibs/034324e01cdb20c7ec7d236ab13be8bd3273acea

Comment 5 Matthias Fuchs 2011-06-21 14:57:53 UTC

Git commit 6b5271fa5fa585b6cf35b4c46376fa64aac5e06d by Matthias Fuchs.
Committed on 10/06/2011 at 21:49.
Pushed by mfuchs into branch 'master'.

Show icon overlays in the Informationen Panel.

BUG:190579
REVIEW:101573

M  +5    -3    dolphin/src/panels/information/informationpanelcontent.cpp     

http://commits.kde.org/kde-baseapps/6b5271fa5fa585b6cf35b4c46376fa64aac5e06d