Bug 508049

Summary: Symbolic links to folders on the desktop should open file manager at the resolved location
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Ilya Bizyaev <bizyaev>
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: hein, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.4.3   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Ilya Bizyaev 2025-08-09 12:05:09 UTC 
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. mkdir ~/example
2. ln -s ~/example ~/Desktop/example
   (or create a link with drag-and-drop from Dolphin to the desktop, seems to be broken here atm)
3. Double-click “📁🔗 example” on the desktop

OBSERVED RESULT
Dolphin launches at ~/Desktop/example/

EXPECTED RESULT
Dolphin should show ~/example/

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250806
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.8-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This gets more confusing when the target directory is deeply nested or is located on a different partition.

Even worse, when the target folder is a known “Place” (e.g. Downloads or Pictures), this behavior breaks Dolphin's recognition of places.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-08-11 20:06:59 UTC 
I notice Dolphin has the same behavior, which could explain why Folder View does the same thing Should we change that too?