Bug 502414

Summary: Ctrl+Shift drag does not create a link
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio Reporter: vitaminochka <vitaminochka.love>
Component: generalAssignee: KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: hein, kdelibs-bugs-null, nate, oded
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.13.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description vitaminochka 2025-04-04 15:45:15 UTC
SUMMARY

Dragging a file from Dolphin to Desktop with Ctrl+Shift does not create a link; it copies the file instead.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE

    1.Open Dolphin and locate any file

    2.Drag the file to the Desktop

    3.While dragging, hold Ctrl + Shift, then release the mouse

OBSERVED RESULT

The file is copied to the desktop
EXPECTED RESULT

A link (shortcut) to the original file should be created on the desktop
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
Kernel Version: 6.13.8-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i3-6006U CPU @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 7.6 ГиБ of RAM
Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics 520
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Vostro 15-3568

Tested on a clean session.
Drag-and-drop with modifiers works for copy (Ctrl) and move (Shift) correctly.
Only the Ctrl + Shift combination does not behave as expected.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-04-04 17:08:45 UTC
Can reproduce this. Happens when the destination is Dolphin too; moving to KIO.
Comment 2 Oded Arbel 2025-06-23 14:35:18 UTC
As reported in bug #423031, this is fixed in current Plasma 6 by a patch to Qt.

There is still an issue with the drag icon not displaying correctly, which is tracked in bug #496999

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 423031 ***