Bug 422464

Summary: Drag and drop to symlinked folder fails with "already exists"
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: K.J. Petrie <kde.bugs>
Component: generalAssignee: David Edmundson <kde>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: bugseforuns, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.18.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: PCLinuxOS   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description K.J. Petrie 2020-06-04 21:05:00 UTC 
SUMMARY
If a file is dragged to a folder via a symbolic link a dialogue box opens asking whether to rename it.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a symbolic link to a folder, eg ln -s Documents Desktop/Documents
2. Create a file on the Desktop eg touch Desktop/testfile
3. Drag testfile to the Documents link and select Move.

OBSERVED RESULT
A "File already exists" dialogue box opens offering to rename the link or Cancel the move.

EXPECTED RESULT
The file would move to the target folder

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.18.5
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.70.0
Qt Version: 5.12.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This is very annoying. I have links to folders specifically to facilitate moving items to and from those folders with minimal effort to avoid typing long paths or clicking them in Dolphin, and now I can't use them. It appears to be a KDE problem rather than the underlying system as everything still works as expected in LXDE.
Comment 1 Patrick Silva 2020-06-04 23:17:30 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 421213 ***