Bug 191917

Summary:	Folders Panel: start in $HOME not /
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component:	panels: folders	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	adaptee, bugzilla, elvis.angelaccio, h.doernhoff, oldie
Priority:	NOR
Version:	17.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	17.12.0

Description Dotan Cohen 2009-05-07 16:50:07 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.2)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Please add an option to have the Folders Panel start in $HOME and not in /. Most users need only to navigate their home directories.

Further evidence backing this up is the fact that the main Dolphin window itself starts in $HOME, not in /.

Comment 1 Holger Dörnhoff 2010-04-17 12:37:44 UTC

Yes, please. I want to confirm this wish. I suggest to implement it as Konqueror does where the tree view starts with the home folder when the home-folder-button is pushed. In Dolphin the tree view still starts with / although the home-folder-button is pushed.

Debian/testing, KDE 4.3.4
openSuse, KDE 4.4.1

Comment 2 Jekyll Wu 2011-12-15 16:24:46 UTC

The problem seems fixed in dolphin 1.99(or maybe even earlier versions).

Comment 3 Peter Penz 2011-12-15 16:33:56 UTC

@Jekyll Wu: This is not fixed yet, the folders from / are also visible in the Folders Panel :-(

Interesting note: In Dolphin 1.0 from KDE 4.0 the Folders Panel started from home and people complained ;-) However it might make sense to be able to configure this and use home as default...

Comment 4 Frank Reininghaus 2012-08-09 21:18:22 UTC

*** Bug 304545 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) 2012-08-24 16:19:58 UTC

Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719

Comment 6 Frank Reininghaus 2013-10-18 10:37:19 UTC

*** Bug 325676 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Janet 2013-10-18 10:52:29 UTC

I don't think that an automated solution would be helpful. There are users who always just want to see the folders inside their home in the tree, there are users who always want to see the whole tree and there are users who want to see either the home tree or the root tree depending on what they're doing. So the only solution IMHO would be to add a switch to quickly change from one view to the other.

Comment 8 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-09-01 08:57:22 UTC

Implemented in http://commits.kde.org/dolphin/94fab8c80ed60958043d13145aaf4c54412e052f