Bug 499413

Summary:	"Places" is not synced between File>Open and Dolphin
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio	Reporter:	Reuben <kde>
Component:	Places	Assignee:	KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	john.kizer, kde, kdelibs-bugs-null, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.6.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Reuben 2025-02-02 11:37:31 UTC

SUMMARY
Places looks similar in File>Open and Dolphin. Wearing my "regular user" hat, I assume that File>Open is in fact Dolphin; why wouldn't it be? (Of course it's not; reasons.)

Adding folders to Places is had to discover and clunky to execute (it should be: right click on folder; add to places). Users might figure their way through it once or twice, but there's enough friction that I would wager a lot of money that the actual list of places is sub-ideal if 95% of users.

The real insult to injury is that "places" have to be set up twice; once for File>Open, and once for Dolphin. To regular users this is "a bug"; I already did this, why do I have to do it again?

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 24.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Kernel Version: 6.11.0-14-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1240P
Memory: 15,2 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: XPS 9320

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2025-02-03 23:03:10 UTC

Places entries are created globally, if you ask for it, see https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498579

> (it should be: right click on folder; add to places)

That's already possible in Dolphin

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 498579 ***

Comment 2 Reuben 2025-02-03 23:08:08 UTC

1) There's no "Add to places" in File > Open's context menu.

2) Items added through the cumbersome workflow in File > Open do not show up in Dolphin.

Comment 3 John Kizer 2025-02-10 22:41:51 UTC

Hi - on my Fedora KDE 41 device, folders added to "Places" in a File > Open dialog also show up in Dolphin, and vice versa, so I can't reproduce what I think you're describing.

Could you please give specific steps that could be reproduced to see that behavior? Please see https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting#Steps_to_Reproduce for a reference.

Thanks!

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-02-25 03:46:46 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-03-12 03:47:25 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.