This is a regression that was fixed years ago and has resurfaced again. I could not find the original closed bug to re-open it. In a folder with lots of files (like your music folder), rename a file so it's new name causes it to be resorted outside the current scroll or view. The window should automatically scroll to show the already-selected renamed file, but it doesn't. If you immediately press up then down on your keybaord it will auto-scroll and show the renamed file. Reproducible: Always
Still exists in Dolphin 16.08.3
Annoying usability problem...
There are lots of legit usability reasons why you might *not* want this. For example, if you're renaming multiple files in such a manner that they will be re-sorted elsewhere, after each one your view will change, making the multiple-file-rename operation an infuriating experience. macOS finder behaved this way for many years and Apple got a lot of complaints about it, eventually reverting the behavior to match what Dolphin does today.
FWIW, there is a patch for this: https://phabricator.kde.org/D6312
Reopening, this should be properly discussed before a wontfix. (see my comment in D6312)
Fair enough, I withdraw my objection.
Git commit 478f404b8abf924a0e3e21bbf1dd49aefbe47672 by Elvis Angelaccio, on behalf of Emirald Mateli. Committed on 17/09/2017 at 09:12. Pushed by elvisangelaccio into branch 'Applications/17.08'. Keep renamed file(s) in view When renaming a file, if its new name causes it to scroll out of view, Dolphin will not scroll to the location of the new file. This patch aims to address that. This affects all view modes. Test Plan: 1. Have many files in a directory (or several files, just zoom in a lot) 2. Rename a file so that it will move out of view Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D6312 M +19 -3 src/views/dolphinview.cpp M +9 -0 src/views/dolphinview.h M +9 -0 src/views/renamedialog.cpp M +4 -0 src/views/renamedialog.h https://commits.kde.org/dolphin/478f404b8abf924a0e3e21bbf1dd49aefbe47672
I'm leaving this bug open because there is still a corner case not fixed by the above patch: 1. rename something so that it goes out of the view 2. dolphin scrolls the view 3. press CTRL+Z 4. dolphin should scroll the view back to the original place but it doesn't.
Ideas for a potential patch: https://phabricator.kde.org/D6312#146843
I cannot reproduce on Dolphin 20.08.1, can you please re-test and confirm if this is still an issue.
I can reproduce with any view mode on neon unstable.
Created attachment 132812 [details] Video Interesting that we're both on KDE Neon Unstable but I can't reproduce. Must be a setting or configuration option somewhere.
Created attachment 132830 [details] reproducible with files located in a ntfs partition Weirdly I can reproduce this bug with files located in my ntfs partition but I can't with the ones located in my Home. Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0 Qt Version: 5.15.0
Info was provided; moving back to REPORTED
Can confirm with NTFS partition that it does not scroll to newly named file.