Bug 232247

Summary:	Desktop shortcut (Link to Location (URL)) fails when opened from web browser
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Bienreuk <saulantolinez-ruiz>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED LATER
Severity:	normal	CC:	adaptee
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Unlisted Binaries
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Bienreuk 2010-03-26 17:19:10 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unspecified Linux

Using several Linux distros based in KDE I've created shortcuts in my desktops (called "Links to Location (URL)").

They work OK offline: if I (double) click on them Dolphin or Konqueror opens in the destiny folder.

But if I open a web browser (Konqueror or Firefox) and go to a page with a Browse... button, when I click on it a window with a file system navigator (I think it belongs to KDE) opens -> I click on Desktop and then (double) click on my "shortcut" (link to location). Instead of forwarding to the destiny folder the window with the file system navigator closes (selecting the shortcut, with the route /root/Desktop/nameofshortcut.desktop or /home/user/Desktop/nameofshortcut).

Comment 1 Bienreuk 2010-03-28 20:51:14 UTC

There is a workaround:

Instead of creating a "Link to Location (URL)", open a terminal and create a symbolic link:

ln -s /the/destination/folder ~/Desktop/link

( Taken from http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=59037 )

In the file system navigator window, to see the just created symlink, it may be necessary to click on the refresh button.

Comment 2 Bienreuk 2010-03-29 14:31:27 UTC

I've learned that Firefox for Linux uses GTK dialogs, no matter if the Linux distro uses KDE or GNOME. I thought that KDE based distros didn't have GTK packages but I've seen that they have some.

So probably this bug could be closed.