Bug 503236

Summary: Add user home folder to a location bar when full path is unchecked
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Filip <filip.kendes1>
Component: bars: locationAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: dolphin-bugs-null, john.kizer
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 25.04.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description Filip 2025-04-23 14:52:29 UTC
Created attachment 180575 [details]
showcase

SUMMARY
Add user home folder to a location bar when full path is unchecked. See attached image.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Uncheck "Show full path inside location bar"
2. Open Documents folder

OBSERVED RESULT
Location bar starts from Documents so user can't use the location bar to go home in 1 click

EXPECTED RESULT
Would it be better to start from the user's home folder like it's marked in the attached image

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.14.3-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 1 John Kizer 2025-04-24 04:51:03 UTC
Hi - just to clarify, wouldn't someone who unchecks "Show full path" presumably not want prepopulated breadcrumbs in the location bar? If someone unchecks that box but still wants one-click access to their home directory at all times, that seems like the use case for adding the "Home" button to their toolbar, I'd think?
Comment 2 Filip 2025-04-24 05:35:07 UTC
Yeah, you're right. That's one of the solutions to the problem.
I would still consider user's home folder as part of the "local" path, root and home (as in folder where users' home folder is created) would be part of the full path in this case.

For a user who checks the full path would be
   / | home | userName | Documents | notes

For a user who unchecks it, with the change it would be
   userName | Documents | notes
This is how it looks now
   Documents | notes

It's not a big deal. I'm okay if we close this as won't fix.