Bug 413609

Summary:	Folder view does not auto-update content when showing "recentlyused:/files/" or other similar types of dynamic locations
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Hamidreza Jafari <hamidrjafari>
Component:	Desktop icons & Folder View widget	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	arne.vonirmer, bugseforuns, do.weller, hamidrjafari, kde, meven29, nate, plasma-bugs, sahin, xapient
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.16.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	thumbnail of a folder on desktop is not immediately updated

Description Hamidreza Jafari 2019-10-29 19:38:14 UTC

SUMMARY
Folder view widget on the panel shows irrelevant items when set to show today's added / modified files. Seems its initial population was correct but does not refresh on time.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add a folder view widget plasmoid to a panel.
2. Set it to show 'today'
3. Update target file system content and check folder view changes. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Folder view shows outdated data.

EXPECTED RESULT
Folder view should show any changes made to the target file system instantly.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.3.0-19-generic / 5.16.5
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.62.0
Qt Version: 5.12.4

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2019-11-05 18:42:45 UTC

Please try again with the new "Recent Files" and "Recent Documents" items added in Dolphin 19.12, once it's released. These should be working much better. Re-open if it's not fixed with those. Thanks!

Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2020-02-07 11:32:07 UTC

This issue persists if I set Folder View widget to show "Recent files".
It only updates the files list after manual refresh.
I added my widget to dekstop.

Dolphin 19.12.2
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.66.0
Qt Version: 5.14.1

Comment 3 Hamidreza Jafari 2020-02-10 16:31:04 UTC

Dolphin's timeline:/today/ shows contents of home directory as usual instead of files saved today. Yesterdays' recently saved filter seems to work correctly.

Comment 4 Patrick Silva 2020-02-13 15:01:14 UTC

Created attachment 125957 [details]
thumbnail of a folder on desktop is not immediately updated

I think this is the same issue: thumbnail of a folder on desktop is not immediately updated
after I move files to/from it. Watch the screen recording please.

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

Comment 5 Patrick Silva 2020-02-16 21:11:34 UTC

*** Bug 417753 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2020-11-16 16:35:55 UTC

*** Bug 428325 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Arne v.Irmer 2022-02-24 20:44:17 UTC

I was able to identify the error systematically:
My working directory is in the "Schreibtisch" directory, but Plasma uses a directory called "Desktop", which is a symbolic link to "Schreibtisch". If I let Plasma point to "Desktop", it does not update, but with "Schreibtisch" it works immediately.
 
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.10.98-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 23.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 530