Bug 467450

Summary: Implement spatial window positioning
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Emir SARI <emir_sari>
Component: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal CC: kde, kfm-devel, notmart
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Emir SARI 2023-03-16 16:30:00 UTC
First of all, a must-read: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2003/04/finder/

During the last decade and more, browser-like file browser navigation has become the norm. But there are still folks, that cannot work effectively with this type of navigation. To accommodate these folks' workflows, Dolphin and Plasma Shell could use a "Spatial Mode". Maybe a System Settings entry can both toggle settings for these two applications.

In this mode:

1. A specific folder can only be open in one instance and at its specific location
2. Dolphin menus and the Plasma Desktop should provide spatial access to all devices and network locations
3. The Desktop contents should not be available in a separate Dolphin window, except the file pickers
4. Dolphin windows will not accommodate any type of location bar. For accessing these locations, see 2
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2024-11-01 14:13:35 UTC
We don't intend to add that.