Bug 398673

Summary: "Set image" feature does not work when I drag and drop some picture from a samba share to desktop
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component: generalAssignee: David Edmundson <kde>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kde, plasma-bugs
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.16.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description Patrick Silva 2018-09-15 15:00:32 UTC
Use Dolphin to navigate through a samba share containing pictures, drag and drop some picture on desktop. A menu shows up, click "Set image" option. Nothing happens.
Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-09-17 08:19:06 UTC
We use KIO to stat the file, which understands smb, but then we don't actually copy the file locally, so setting it doesn't work.

Two options:
1.) Download the file into a temp folder and set it as wallpaper (difficult, especially getting the "when to delete it again" right)
2.) Disallow setting a non-local image as wallpaper (easy)
Comment 2 David Edmundson 2018-09-17 16:47:34 UTC
Option 1.5) Set the wallpaper to the SMB URL. 
Have it load it (using QNetworkAccessManagerFactory to make it speak KIO)
Comment 3 Patrick Silva 2020-02-14 16:14:26 UTC
I can set an image from a samba share as wallpaper on Plasma 5.18. \o/

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.67.0
Qt Version: 5.14.1