Bug 508405

Summary:	Dolphin: If split view mode is activated, then the context menu of any file or folder within Dolphin does not get displayed
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Jens Radloff <senf>
Component:	split view	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	akselmo, demm, dolphin-bugs-null, kdedev, seandroms, senf, thedatabug
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	EndeavourOS
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Jens Radloff 2025-08-18 04:12:26 UTC

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. In Dolphin > Settings menu > Configure Dolphin > Section "Interface" > Tab "Folders & Tabs" select the option "New windows: [ ] Begin in split view mode".

2. Close and Re-open Dolphin.

3. When you right-click any item (file or folder) in both Dolphin windows you will notice that the context menu does not open for each of the items that you right-click.

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Workaround to get the context menu nevertheless displayed:

1. Left-click any menu entry in the menu bar

2. Left-click somewhere else within the menu bar

3. Right-click any file or folder with one of the two Dolphin windows: The context menu will now appear.

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Some information about my system:

Operating System: EndeavourOS (Linux)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.16.1-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 1 Antonio Rojas 2025-08-18 15:24:57 UTC

*** Bug 508426 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Sean Droms 2025-09-15 16:35:28 UTC

I am experiencing this bug also on multiple Arch Linux computers, and I'm reasonably sure there are two triggers.

If I have BOTH 
* "Begin in split view mode" checked AND 
* "Show on startup" set to a particular folder (my home folder) instead of "Folders ... from last time", 
then I experience the bug. If either of those two settings is different, then I have no issue.

When the bug is present, I have the following symptoms:
* On first open, right clicking in either pane does not present the menu
* On first open, if I select a file and press the Delete key, the file is not deleted and instead "Selection mode" is activated in the opposite pane.

If I click onto a different window on my desktop and return to Dolphin, the situation is resolved.

Comment 3 Akseli Lahtinen 2025-09-16 09:20:42 UTC

I can reproduce this issue

Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.16.7-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600