Bug 270604

Summary:	convert split window into two dolphin instances
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	greatbunzinni
Component:	general	Assignee:	Loren Burkholder <loren>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	4wy78uwh, loren, nate, postix
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411431
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/commit/f7e2c51198f00ff0f8e807590ed004c4fc65b6f0	Version Fixed In:	24.05
Sentry Crash Report:

Description greatbunzinni 2011-04-10 17:55:11 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.2) 
OS:                Linux

The split/close window is an excellent feature, which I use heavily.  When using it heavily, sometimes it would be nice to just convert an instance of dolphin with a split window into two separate instances of dolphin.  Therefore, it would be great if dolphin provided a way to do that instead of forcing the user to open a new instance, copying the path from one of the split windows and pasting on the new one.  

A way to achieve this which I find particularly appealing is to add a menu entry to the right-click menu on the icon which appears at the left of each splitted window's path.  With this,a user could convert a splitted window into two dolphin instances by right-clicking on the path's icon and clicking on a "open in separate instance" option.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Comment 1 Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) 2012-08-24 16:19:52 UTC

Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719

Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 02:18:23 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 3 Loren Burkholder 2023-04-07 00:14:35 UTC

This bug is still relevant (I know, I know, 2 years later). I have a fix in the pipeline though.

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2023-04-07 00:23:07 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/528

Comment 5 postix 2023-07-13 20:52:23 UTC

Linked bug #270604 as complementary: Merging two instances into a single instance.

Comment 6 Loren Burkholder 2024-01-18 23:38:03 UTC

Git commit f7e2c51198f00ff0f8e807590ed004c4fc65b6f0 by Loren Burkholder.
Committed on 19/01/2024 at 00:29.
Pushed by lorendb into branch 'master'.

Allow popping out a split view

If you have a split view open, you can now pop the active half out into a new window by clicking the "Pop out" button in the toolbar or by activating "View > Pop out".

M  +28   -4    src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
M  +8    -1    src/dolphinmainwindow.h
M  +2    -0    src/dolphinui.rc

https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/commit/f7e2c51198f00ff0f8e807590ed004c4fc65b6f0