There should be an option in the context menu of an entry in Placed to be opened in a new Window. This option exists in the folders panel, when right clicking a folder.
Makes sense.
Working on a patch.
Patch available at https://phabricator.kde.org/D7690
Git commit 2b2bab4049d948cb0f8319ba7d4d8d35debb1388 by Albert Astals Cid, on behalf of Nathaniel Graham. Committed on 11/09/2017 at 20:04. Pushed by aacid into branch 'master'. Add "Open in New Window to Dolphin's places context menu Summary: Add an "Open in New Window" menu item to the context menu for Dolphin's places items. Test Plan: Tested in up-to-date KDE Neon. Works as expected: {F3898707} Reviewers: #dolphin, #kde_applications, dfaure, aacid, elvisangelaccio, emmanuelp, broulik Reviewed By: #dolphin, emmanuelp, broulik Subscribers: alexeymin, emmanuelp, broulik, sefaeyeoglu, #dolphin Tags: #dolphin Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D7690 M +4 -0 src/panels/places/placespanel.cpp https://commits.kde.org/dolphin/2b2bab4049d948cb0f8319ba7d4d8d35debb1388