Bug 356045

Summary:	Adding folder to places does not adopt custom icon
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Component:	panels: places	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	andreas.davour, bugseforuns, christian.tallner, nate, nortexoid, rockonthemoonfm
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://commits.kde.org/kio/074c91a58318f201d8c47076a5a9cf4ff783a051	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	5.60
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Kai Uwe Broulik 2015-11-28 23:07:19 UTC

When I add a folder to my Places panel (either by drag and drop or using the "Add to Places" context menu entry) a custom icon I might have set on the folder is not transferred to the new places entry.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new folder
2. Change the folder icon through the Properties dialog
3. Add this folder to Places

Actual Results:  
A new place with the name of the folder appears, however, it has the default folder icon

Expected Results:  
A new place with the same icon as the folder I added appears

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2017-09-03 01:10:31 UTC

*** Bug 350679 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2017-09-03 01:10:56 UTC

Confirmed.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2017-09-03 01:11:19 UTC

*** Bug 364757 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Michael D 2018-03-19 15:49:41 UTC

I noticed that it does inherit the icon for a few folders, such as Downloads and Desktop. Though I suppose if a custom icon were set for those folders too, it would not inherit it (I haven't tried).

Comment 5 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-05-16 08:07:13 UTC

KIO::iconNameForUrl does not seem to check the .directory file which is why custom folder icons aren't honored here

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2019-06-30 15:21:31 UTC

Git commit 074c91a58318f201d8c47076a5a9cf4ff783a051 by Nate Graham.
Committed on 30/06/2019 at 15:21.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

Move redundant logic in KIO::iconNameForUrl() into KFileItem::iconName()

Summary:
`KIO::iconNameForUrl()` was doing a lot of redundant work on file items that `KFileItem::iconName()`
already does for us. This patch moves most of that logic into `KIO::iconNameForUrl()` when operating
on local files (but not for remote files, which may be slower, and for which we don't want to stat).
FIXED-IN: 5.60

Test Plan:
Functionality testing:
- Tested that adding a directory with a custom icon to the Places panel resuts in the Places panel entry inheriting its custom icon: {F5864410}
- Used the system with this patch in place for one year; did not find any instances of incorrect icons

Regression testing:
- Tested that the trash changes its icon appropriately when adding an item to an empty trash, removing all items from the trash, and emptying the trash (testtrash test passes)
- Tested that other icons on the Places panel look the same as they did before the patch

Unit testing:
- No test regressions

Reviewers: #frameworks, broulik, meven, apol, dfaure

Reviewed By: dfaure

Subscribers: apol, kde-frameworks-devel

Tags: #frameworks

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D13048

M  +21   -11   src/core/global.cpp

https://commits.kde.org/kio/074c91a58318f201d8c47076a5a9cf4ff783a051

Comment 7 Christian 2025-05-15 18:17:00 UTC

I just wanted to ask if there is any regression, because the state of the ticket is fixed, but I am experiencing this exact problem right now.

Operating System:                  openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250509
KDE Plasma Version:              6.3.5
KDE Frameworks Version:     6.13.0
Qt Version:                               6.9.0
Kernel Version:                        6.12.28-1-longterm
Graphics Platform:                  X11

Comment 8 Nate Graham 2025-05-19 20:09:03 UTC

Please don't randomly re-open bug reports with no explanation. If you think you're experiencing the same issue, it's best to open a new bug report for it, since it may in fact be a different issue that only *looks* the same to you (in fact, this is by far the most likely thing to be going on).