Bug 456356

Summary:	Cannot right-click and run executable file; there's no "Open/Launch/Execute" menu item
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Lemuel Simon <lemuelsimon32>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	dolphin-bugs-null, lemuelsimon32, nate, pm, silverunicorn2011
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	22.04.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Lemuel Simon 2022-07-05 15:00:57 UTC

SUMMARY
Double-clicking to launch AppImages, .exe's or .sh's work normally. However, right-clicking then running isn't possible as there is no 'Execute' option listed in the menu. Same with .desktop files; they work if you double-click, but you cannot right-click and execute.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Find executable file in Dolphin (already marked as executable in 'File Properties'.)
2. Right-click on executable file to show the 'right-click menu'.
3. Attempt to locate a 'Run/Execute/Launch' option in the menu.

OBSERVED RESULT
An 'execute' option is not listed in the right-click menu of the selected executable file.

EXPECTED RESULT
An 'execute' option should be listed for the user to right-click and execute the file.

Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.4
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Kernel Version: 5.14.21-150400.22-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 7.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 4000

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I was advised to open this bug report, as I posted the issue in the wrong thread here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429603
Seems like the option did exist at some point as indicated here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357469
I can't tell when the regression occurred though.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-07-05 16:07:20 UTC

Can confirm. The context menu has "Run in Konsole" which is not really the same thing.

Comment 2 Vitaliy 2026-01-08 15:20:40 UTC

Likely related: when Dolphin is configured to run the script or ask, middle clicking an executable script doesn’t run the application marked as “Middle Click” in the context menu, it runs the first one in the menu instead.

Dolphin: 24.12.3
KDE Frameworks: 6.12.0