Bug 293366

Summary:	Dolphin Folders panel does not refresh view when adding new directories
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Goran Brannstrom <goranbr>
Component:	panels: folders	Assignee:	Peter Penz <peter.penz19>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	wernerml
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 Goran Brannstrom 2012-02-05 15:01:45 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.8.0) 
OS:                Linux

An example: If there is a path like /home/pictures/2012 and then you have a directory for every month in that directory, the folder panel does not show the month directories. This makes it very hard to drag and drop files from adjacent directories. Please, tell me that this is not some fancy new design decision, because it is really an unproductive restriction.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
See details 

Actual Results:  
See details

Expected Results:  
I want to see the *whole* directory tree in the folders view. Pretty please, with sugar on top... :-)

Comment 1 Goran Brannstrom 2012-02-05 15:10:21 UTC

Ok, I have to alter the description a little.

When you add a new directory the folders view is not updated to show the new directories. Not even if you press F5 a billion times.

Not until you press the parent folders arrow that closes its contents from view, and then press the arrow again to show it, that is. 

I can't see why this should not be done automagically. Some magic little library call missing?

Comment 2 Peter Penz 2012-02-05 15:23:21 UTC

Thanks for the report, but please report only one issue per entry: The F5-issue seems to be related to bug 211472.

> Please, tell me that this is not some fancy new design decision

Regarding opening the current tree per default: It is no fancy design decision, but the default behavior on all file managers I know that have a kind of tree panel. Dragging files to sub-folders is still possible because:
- All sub-folders are already shown in the main-view
- The sub-folders open automatically as soon as you drag the items above the parent-folder of the tree panel/folders panel.

But of course this default behavior is discussable. I'll leave it open as "wishlist" item so that other users can give their feedback and/or vote for this.

Comment 3 Peter Penz 2012-02-05 15:25:01 UTC

Ah, I just noticed you changed the title: Please let me know which of the 2 reports you want to have fixed. If it is the original report then I'd kindly ask to just revert the title change. Thanks.

Comment 4 Goran Brannstrom 2012-02-05 17:54:08 UTC

I thought it was  impossible to see the lowest levels of dirs at all.

But then I realized that it was only not updated until you had clicked the arrow to open and close the dir.

Thus, what I would like to report  is the lack of automagical update of the directopry tree when new directories are added.

Comment 5 Peter Penz 2012-02-06 15:52:09 UTC

The updating works fine here: When creating a directory in the main view and the folders panel is expanded, the new directory will be shown.

Precondition
------------

Folders Panel shows:

v home
  v peter
    > A
    > B
    > C

Main view shows folder /home/peter:
A B C

Steps to reproduce the issue:
- Create a new folder D in the main view

Expected result:
- Folders Panel shows:
v home
  v peter
    > A
    > B
    > C
    > D

This is the case here. If this does not work for you then the issue is a duplicate of bug 211472.

Comment 6 Goran Brannstrom 2012-02-06 23:10:34 UTC

Hi!

No, as I said, pressing F5 does not resfresh the file tree as it does in that other bug. Are you using KDE 4.8.0?

Comment 7 Peter Penz 2012-02-07 01:37:01 UTC

I' m using  4.8.0 - still it is out of scope of Dolphin then if F5 does not help and it is a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 211472 ***