Bug 332536

Summary:	Show notification when the current open path does not exist anymore
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Brock McNuggets <usenet>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	elvis.angelaccio, mail, notuxius
Priority:	NOR
Version:	19.04.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mint (Ubuntu based)
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Brock McNuggets 2014-03-25 00:07:44 UTC

Desktop:
  * Create "New Folder"
  * Open "New Folder" to Window 1
  * Create "Text File" in Window 1 (it shows there)
  * Delete "New Folder" from Desktop
  * File disappears, but folder stays open.
  
Expectation: Open window associated with the folder will disappear (or, perhaps, get a message at the top saying it is no longer usable and have the path be removed… )

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Brock McNuggets 2016-12-25 20:56:30 UTC

I see the bug is still present: https://youtu.be/y-5GEUtwySU

Leads to other related oddities: files / folders not showing when they are created, etc.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2016-12-30 18:47:57 UTC

Is "Window" a Dolphin window? If not, which application are you using to show the content of a folder?

Comment 3 Alexander Mentyu 2018-03-25 18:55:08 UTC

Reproducible in Dolphin

Plasma: 5.12.3
Apps: 17.12.3
Frameworks: 5.44.0
Qt: 5.10.1
Kernel: 4.14.27-1-MANJARO
OS: Netrunner Rolling

Comment 4 Julian Steinmann 2019-04-20 17:13:27 UTC

Changing title, as this isn't really a bug but more of a request for a notification to inform the user that the current path doesn't exist anymore.

Comment 5 Brock McNuggets 2019-04-21 19:46:54 UTC

(In reply to Julian Schraner from comment #4)
> Changing title, as this isn't really a bug but more of a request for a
> notification to inform the user that the current path doesn't exist anymore.

It is more than just about notifications.

Comment 6 Julian Steinmann 2019-04-21 19:55:57 UTC

What do you mean by "more than just notifications"?

In my opinion, simply closing the window is destructive and not very useful - the user might want to further use the window to navigate to a new path. An error is already displayed when you try to create a new file, which should be the expected behavior. So I personally think that if we had a notification box similar to the "permission denied" box that would pop up when the current path is deleted would fulfill this wish perfectly.