Bug 311094

Summary:	Automatic request/control list of nicknames/alias of serialnumber of partitions/units (usb-pen drives, sd-card, hdd, etc.)
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Francesco Noacco <noacco>
Component:	panels: places	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	maty78485, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Other
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Description Francesco Noacco 2012-12-03 16:30:24 UTC

In the event that you are working on many usb-pens or identical memories would be useful to record the serial assigning name/owner/other, in a "personal list", without making any changes on the unit. All this appears in parenthesis or in a floating balloon after the name of the physical node.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Frank Reininghaus 2012-12-04 06:51:34 UTC

Thanks for the report. Just to make sure that I understand what you mean:

You do not want to change the volume name of your external drive, but you want to be able to configure a name which is shown in the Places Panel for that device?

Comment 2 Francesco Noacco 2012-12-04 18:56:38 UTC

Yes, exactly. No need to root.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2017-09-03 01:44:12 UTC

I don't think it makes a lot of sense to let people change the *display* name of their external disks without actually changing the filesystem labels. That seems like it will cause a lot of confusion. Why can't the flash disks just have unique volume names--at least temporarily? That seems like the most obvious solution.