Bug 412668

Summary: Make it easy to navigate to the path of any open Dolphin windows
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio Reporter: Gregor Mi <codestruct>
Component: Open/save dialogsAssignee: David Faure <faure>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: kainz.a, kdelibs-bugs, nate
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version: 5.60.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Attachments: Save As dialog

Description Gregor Mi 2019-10-06 11:53:10 UTC
Created attachment 123057 [details]
Save As dialog

ACTUAL:

Sometimes, I am in the following situation

1. I have Dolphin window open to organize things.
2. I have Kate, LibreOffice or another program open and want to save the file into exactly the folder which is currently open in Dolphin.

To to this, I currently copy the path out of Dolphin's location bar and paste it into the location bar of the Save As dialog.

IDEA:

It would be helpful if in the Save As dialog, all currently opened Dolphin window locations would be accessible directly, e.g. in the location drop-down menu, see attached screenshot. Alternatively, the locations could be present in the new Recent Folders section on the left panel.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2019-10-07 00:03:02 UTC
This has been requested before and seems reasonable enough, but now I can't find the bug report tracking it. :/

Were you aware that you can drag-and-drop files and folders into the main area of the file dialog to have it switch there? So you can actually drag-and-drop the folder icon in the editable URL navigator into the open/save dialog to switch there. Not exactly what you're asking for, but maybe that's good enough? What do you think?
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2019-10-07 15:00:59 UTC
Nah, we should really find a way of doing this.
Comment 3 Gregor Mi 2019-10-15 20:28:44 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Were you aware that you can drag-and-drop files and folders into the main
> area of the file dialog to have it switch there?

No, I weren't. That's nice!

> Not exactly what you're asking for, but
> maybe that's good enough? What do you think?

Now, that I know it, I'll use it when I am again in the situation. According to your last remark, I think there are indeed ways which are more discoverable.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-09-08 14:51:55 UTC
*** Bug 426033 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***