| Summary: | "Folder already exists" dialog is ridiculously long when long paths are involved | ||
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| Product: | [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio | Reporter: | hazelnot <hazelnot> |
| Component: | Overwrite dialog | Assignee: | KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | kdelibs-bugs-null, nate |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/commit/81bdd586a7e923e537cdd4d15fc89fe478102785 | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | 6.20 |
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | A screenshot of the ridiculously long "Folder Already Exists - Dolphin" dialog when trying to merge two folders with very long paths. | ||
It doesn't have a capped maximum width, yeah. Looks like Méven just fixed this in https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/commit/81bdd586a7e923e537cdd4d15fc89fe478102785 for Frameworks 6.20! |
Created attachment 181376 [details] A screenshot of the ridiculously long "Folder Already Exists - Dolphin" dialog when trying to merge two folders with very long paths. SUMMARY The folder overwrite dialog is ridiculously long when long paths are involved, because the first line is forced to actually be rendered as a single line of text STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Copy a folder with a long path onto another folder with the same name with a similarly long path OBSERVED RESULT The overwrite dialog will be ridiculously long EXPECTED RESULT The first line be allowed to overflow onto a second (at least) line SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0 Qt Version: 6.9.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A similar bug was filed back in 2003 (#62736) for KDE 3, the issue seems to be basically exactly the same, though that report was closed in 2013 due to KDE 3 not being maintained anymore