| Summary: | Feature Request for Dolphin - Add the ability to unmount removable storage devices | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] dolphin | Reporter: | Adrian <tractix> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | ad.liu.jin, ak-su, dolphin-bugs-null, fanzhuyifan, olib141, sidpranjale127, tbertels |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 23.08.4 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Arch Linux | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Arrow "eject" icon | ||
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Description
Adrian
2024-01-23 09:04:40 UTC
Imo having both "safely remove" and "unmount" options may be a bit confusing for the general user... if having both is not an option I'd prefer "safely remove" behave as "unmount" as well, since it is rather inconvenient to have to physically replug USB devices every time you wish to remount them. I think the big issue is that 'safely removing' a device prevents it from being mounted again without unplugging and re-inserting it. There are use cases where you might want to unmount something in UI and continue to use it after. This bug should be moved to the product that manages that behaviour, not sure if it's in KIO or Solid. Plasma should tell you that you can safely remove a device when it is unmounted via a notification, but probably not prevent mounting it again. There's already a bug to show a notification instead, rather than pop-up the Disks & Devices applet. bug 448896 Also note that for spinning disks, "safely remove" also spins them down. So if you change "safely remove" to only do `umount`, that would be a behavior change for spinning disks, and might be undesirable. (In reply to Jin Liu from comment #4) > Also note that for spinning disks, "safely remove" also spins them down. So > if you change "safely remove" to only do `umount`, that would be a behavior > change for spinning disks, and might be undesirable. As I've said in my original message I think safely remove should remain the main option for removable storage devices for good reason as you've mentioned but, when you right click on the removable storage device, there should still exist the option to just unmount. Just being able to unmount from the UI is extremely useful to me and others. (In reply to fanzhuyifan from comment #1) > Imo having both "safely remove" and "unmount" options may be a bit confusing > for the general user... I think users will always click by default on the "arrow" next to the removable storage device icon on dolphin (see image) if they wish to safely remove the removable storage device (eject). The eject icon also exists on other platforms like MacOS and even other DEs so it's appearance is not totally unfamiliar. If not the behavior of both options I think is very obvious, one making the device inaccessible until you unplug and plug back in the device (disconnecting it) and one just unmounting it but again people will always just click the "arrow" (or just unplug the removable storage device without clicking anything). Created attachment 165290 [details]
Arrow "eject" icon
I didn't mention this properly, the way I envision this working is like this: The arrow icon's (see image) behavior should remain as is, as in safely removing the removable storage device. When you right click over the removable storage device, in the context menu, "Safely remove" should still remain as the first option but under it should also exist the option to "Unmount". *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 405979 *** |