Bug 409381

Summary: Put "Unmount" in the first item of context menu again
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Alexander Potashev <aspotashev>
Component: panels: placesAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: cfeck, claudius.ellsel, nate, stefan.bruens
Priority: NOR    
Version: 18.08.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405620
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154499
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 22.04
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Alexander Potashev 2019-07-01 17:12:02 UTC 
SUMMARY
Put "Unmount" in the first item of context menu again. It is the most commonly used command for USB mass storage devices, please make it very easy to click on.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Right-click on a USB mass storage device.
2. 
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Context menu with this order of items:
 - open in new window
 - open in new tab
 - properties
 - unmount
 - <separator>
 - hide
 - hide section "removable devices"

EXPECTED RESULT
Context menu with this order of items:
 - unmount
 - open in new window
 - open in new tab
 - properties
 - <separator>
 - hide
 - hide section "removable devices"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Операционная система: Fedora 29
Версия KDE Plasma: 5.14.5
Версия Qt: 5.11.3
Версия KDE Frameworks: 5.58.0
Версия ядра: 5.0.16-200.fc29.x86_64
Архитектура: 64-битная
Процессоры: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Память: 15,4 ГиБ ОЗУ

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2019-07-15 03:41:34 UTC 
We had that before, and people complained that it was annoying (Bug 405620).

Damned if you do, damned if you don't! :)
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2019-07-15 03:46:45 UTC 
It is/was only annoying because of the immediate and abrupt spindown. If unmounting and spindown were separate actions, I wouldn't mind any order, as long as spindown isn't the first of them.
Comment 3 Claudius Ellsel 2020-08-08 21:00:36 UTC 
Some thoughts:

- I assume there is some shortcut to open things in a new tab, so one would not have to use the context menu for it (middle mouse button maybe?). That would mitigate the problem of the original bug report.
- One could try to separate "safely remove" (including spindown for HDDs) from a simple unmount, although most people just want to safely remove it probably and for that a spindown is probably a good thing to do.
- With https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154499 there could be a solution which makes the "safely remove" action even more easy to access (in comparison to moving it up in the context menu), while at the same time also ensuring the user knows what the action will cause with a descriptive, more distinguishable icon. So if this is implemented the current order of the context menu could maybe remain untouched.
Comment 4 Alexander Potashev 2020-08-15 21:33:48 UTC 
I don't use the Unmount option that often anymore, so I'm okay with keeping the current menu layout.

Maybe running a survey (e.g. through Google Forms) would help make a long term decision.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2022-01-23 04:03:39 UTC 
With the port back to kfileplacesview, Unmount is back on top again.