Bug 412621 - Creating a folder in desktop which starts with ":" will create it in home instead of desktop
Summary: Creating a folder in desktop which starts with ":" will create it in home ins...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Folder (show other bugs)
Version: 5.16.5
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Eike Hein
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Reported: 2019-10-04 22:22 UTC by Amir
Modified: 2019-10-11 01:30 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description Amir 2019-10-04 22:22:14 UTC 
SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Go in Desktop (Actual desktop not Desktop folder)
2. Right click -> Create New -> Folder...
3. Write a name for folder that starts with ":" (colon)

OBSERVED RESULT
Folder created in $HOME

EXPECTED RESULT
folder should be in ~/Desktop

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2019-10-07 08:04:54 UTC 
Also happens in Dolphin when doing the same in desktop:/, looks like a bug in the desktop slave, not Folder View.
Comment 2 David Edmundson 2019-10-11 01:21:48 UTC 
Some finds:

It doesn't created it in your home folder, it gets created in the CWD.

It's not unique to desktop:// if you make a folder in file:///home/david/foo   called :something it still goes into another folder
Comment 3 David Edmundson 2019-10-11 01:30:36 UTC 
It goes in this path

        if (QDir::isAbsolutePath(name)) {
            url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(name);


which exists if you click mkdir and then type (for some reason) "/home/david/fullpath/fullpath'


input ":foo" ends up with the final url ends up being "file::foo"