Bug 404071 - Not possible to select between link/move/copy by Shift and Ctrl key when draging and dropping files
Summary: Not possible to select between link/move/copy by Shift and Ctrl key when drag...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 18.12.1
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2019-02-07 21:09 UTC by Gerhard
Modified: 2023-12-15 09:44 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Gerhard 2019-02-07 21:09:44 UTC 
1. Drag a file over a directory pane in dolphin
2. When no key is pressed while dropping, a dialogue opens and lets you choose whether to link/move/copy, indicating that you may choose between options by using Shift and Ctrl key. 
3. Try to press Shift to move the file or Ctrl+Shift to link the file while dropping the file
4. The result is always a copy.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: openSuse Tumbleweed
KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.54
Qt Version: 5.12

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Elvis Angelaccio 2019-02-07 21:39:21 UTC 
Are you using Wayland?
Comment 2 Gerhard 2019-02-07 21:45:07 UTC 
No, X server version 1.20.3
Comment 3 Elvis Angelaccio 2019-02-07 21:51:42 UTC 
Are pressing Shift before or after you start the drag?
Comment 4 Gerhard 2019-02-07 21:54:38 UTC 
I press it just before I drop it (and keep it pressed after the mouse button has been released)
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2019-02-08 17:56:31 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 388259 ***
Comment 6 Gerhard 2019-02-08 23:07:06 UTC 
Thanks for pointing out the duplicate. I could confirm that if I drag and drop files between two instances of Dolphin, the behaviour is exactly as described in bug 388259.

However, my usecase was that I was dragging pictures from digikam 5.9.0 into a Dolphin instance, and then the workaround to move the cursor after pressing the modifier key doesn't help. You'll always get a copy.
Comment 7 Gerhard 2019-02-11 06:47:29 UTC 
I don't think this is a duplicate of bug 388259. This one has nothing to do with mouse movement at at all.
Comment 8 Patrick Silva 2019-02-24 13:40:40 UTC 
I can confirm. Ctrl+shift and shift do not work when I drag files from digikam 6 to dolphin 18.12.2. The file is always copied.
"Move here" and "Create link here" options from the context menu work as expected.

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.55.0
Qt Version: 5.12.1
Comment 9 Akseli Lahtinen 2023-12-15 09:44:56 UTC 
Can't reproduce, seems to be fixed.