Bug 328774 - Follow symlink option in the context menu
Summary: Follow symlink option in the context menu
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 2.2
Platform: Debian unstable Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2013-12-13 20:57 UTC by miklos
Modified: 2013-12-27 23:07 UTC (History)
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Description miklos 2013-12-13 20:57:55 UTC
It would be great to have a "Show target folder" option for symlinks in the context menu, which would jump to the folder containing the target of the selected symlink.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Frank Reininghaus 2013-12-14 10:34:15 UTC
Thanks for the report. Could you please point out why you can't just "jump" to the folder by clicking it, or pressing Enter when it's selected?
Comment 2 miklos 2013-12-14 14:55:48 UTC
If the target of the symlink is a file, then clicking it or pressing enter just opens the file. I found no easy way to open the folder that is the original location of the file.
Comment 3 Frank Reininghaus 2013-12-14 18:07:09 UTC
OK, I see. If you have a symlink that points to /some/folder/a.txt, then you want to be able to open /some/folder easily.

Please note that most of the content of the context menu is not a part of Dolphin at all, but provided by external applications or so-called "Service Menus". Everyone can create such service menus and publish them, e.g., at http://kde-apps.org/ . Maybe a menu for your use case exists already.

I'll close as UPSTREAM because this functionality has to be provided by a service menu, not by Dolphin itself.