Bug 464584

Summary:	Add option to create hard link with drag'n'drop
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Simone Gaiarin <simgunz>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	dolphin-bugs-null, i.m.jens, lowell.bv, windows2linux
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359873
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Simone Gaiarin 2023-01-21 09:20:46 UTC

SUMMARY
When a file is drag and dropped a menu opens with three options: move, copy and symlink. 
It would be nice to have a fourth option to hard-link a file.
I suggest to make this fourth option an opt-in feature that the user should enable in dolphin settings to keep the drag and drop menu simple-by-default.

Comment 1 flan_suse 2023-02-01 21:59:15 UTC

I was about to write my own feature request about this very thing.

I strongly second this, as a simplified way to use "hardlinks" can greatly enhance the user experience and yield better storage efficiency, without resorting to "symlinks" which can (easily) be "broken" by simply re-organizing files an folders.