Bug 228325

Summary:	Properties dialogue cannot change target of symlink, even though it is editable
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs	Reporter:	Jonathan Marten <jjm>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Peter Penz <peter.penz19>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	peter.penz19, tobimensch
Priority:	NOR
Version:	SVN
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Jonathan Marten 2010-02-24 16:11:43 UTC

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

The file properties dialogue (popup menu - Properties) for a symbolic link shows the link target as "Points to".  This field is editable, which would lead the user to suppose that the target of the link could be changed by editing it here and clicking OK.  However, doing this does not change the symlink target on the filesystem.

If changing the symlink target is not intended to work, then the "Points to" field should be read-only to reflect this.

Comment 1 David Faure 2010-02-26 14:38:53 UTC

SVN commit 1096311 by dfaure:

Add missing connection which made the "change link target" feature non-working unless
something else in the dialog was changed too.
BUG: 228325


 M  +1 -0      kpropertiesdialog.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1096311

Comment 2 David Faure 2010-02-26 14:41:58 UTC

SVN commit 1096316 by dfaure:

Backport: Add missing connection which made the "change link target" feature non-working unless
something else in the dialog was changed too.
Fixed for: 4.4.1 (just in time ;)
CCBUG: 228325


 M  +1 -0      kpropertiesdialog.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1096316

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2010-03-02 04:32:03 UTC

*** Bug 228657 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***