Bug 280868

Summary:	Dolphin could allow overwrite while doing drag and drop
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	tnemeth
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description tnemeth 2011-08-27 08:51:21 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.7.0) 
OS:                Linux

It would be usefull to allow dolphin to move a file over another one so that the
older one is overwritten by the contents of the new (dropped) one. Just like having
2 (non-empty) files -- foo and bar -- and doing "mv foo bar" : drag'n'dropping foo
over bar should replace the contents of bar with that of foo (keeping bar as the
name, just like with mv).
Of course, a confirmation dialog should warn the user about what's happening in
case it's a wrong drop.

Reproducible: Didn't try



Expected Results:

Comment 1 Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) 2012-08-24 16:22:32 UTC

Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2018-01-26 01:27:45 UTC

Not sure this feature makes much sense given the potential for data destruction of for anyone who doesn't immediately grasp what's going on. And it's pretty easy to do this anyway: copy-and-paste the file, then rename it to the name of the file you want to replace.

Or just pull up the integrated terminal pane and do `mv foo bar`.