Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.6.3) OS: Linux When using Konqueror or Dolphin to overwrite a file, you get a helpful dialog helping you to decide whether you really want to overwrite that existing file. It does so by show a little preview (e.g. if it is an image) and the file properties, like file size, modification time, etc. The file properties, especially the modification time are typically the most important hint for the decision, but unfortunately it is only shown for local files. If you try to overwrite a remote file, or if your source is a remote file (e.g. smb, sftp, ...) then file properties will not be shown. I'm quite sure that this has worked in previous KDE versions (4.5). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: - Use Konqueror or Dolphin to copy a file from a local folder to a remote folder (sftp, smb for example) - Copy the file again to the remote folder so that you get the Overwrite-dialog Actual Results: You may need to resize the dialog to see file properties at all, but you won't see file properties for the remote file. Expected Results: You see file properties for both the local and the remote version of the file
I can confirm this (using KDE 4.10.2).
This happens here even with local files using KDE 4.10.2 ... :/
I also find this, even with local files, with KDE 4.10.2.
Same issue on KDE 4.13.0 with local files.
File properties are still not being displayed when overwriting files, even local files. Running KDE 4.14.13.
No longer relevant, since this dialog no longer shows metadata.
In my opinion, this bug is still relevant. Metadata of source and destination files should always be shown when overwriting a file, the user rely on this information to decide what to do. I think this should still be fixed. If you don't, then close the bug as WONTFIX, not as INVALID.
Fair enough. My sense is that removing the metadata display was a deliberate design decision, to moving to WONTFIX.