Bug 502405

Summary:	Cannot drag file into the Open File dialog's "Name:" field
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio	Reporter:	Alexander Potashev <aspotashev>
Component:	Open/save dialogs	Assignee:	KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	akselmo, kdelibs-bugs-null, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	6.11.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Alexander Potashev 2025-04-04 13:01:11 UTC

SUMMARY
Cannot drag file into the Open File dialog's Name field.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open "Open File" dialog, e.g. for uploading a file in Chrome.
2. Open a folder with files in Dolphin
3. Drag a file from Dolphin onto the "Name:" field in the "Open File" dialog.

OBSERVED RESULT
Mouse cursor changes to the red circle (meaning "forbidden"), nothing happens when I release LMB.

As a workaround, I could drop the file in the directory list view to get the file selected, but it's not logical because drag&dropping files between directory lists typically means copying/moving files. As of today, we have inconsistency which causes confusion.

EXPECTED RESULT
The dragged file path should be inserted into the "Name:" field, the file at path should be selected in the "Open File" dialog. KF5 had this behavior.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: <priorietary> (Debian rolling release)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.10.11-1rodete2-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × Intel® Xeon® W-2135 CPU @ 3.70GHz
Memory: 62.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Quadro P1000/PCIe/SSE2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-04-11 18:33:38 UTC

Being able to drag into the file view is intentional because it's a much larger drag target. But yes, we should support dragging into the name field too.