Bug 383373

Summary:	A .desktop file created via right click > New > Link to address (URL) > select a folder has same icon as regular folder
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio	Reporter:	Gregor Mi <codestruct>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Faure <faure>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde, kdelibs-bugs, plasma-bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.36.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Gregor Mi 2017-08-10 18:22:46 UTC

When I use the menu right click > New > Link to address (URL) and select a folder then a desktop file is created with following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Icon=folder
Type=Link
URL[$e]=file://$HOME/folder1

The icon of this desktop entry looks exactly the same as a regular folder. It would be nice if one could see at one glance (maybe by using a little overlay icon) that it is not a regular folder.

Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2017-08-10 19:50:21 UTC

Not sure if desktop files of Type=Link should get the emblem-link overlay like symlinks do? Re-assigning to KIO which handles this.