Bug 450396 - folders from home show on desktop
Summary: folders from home show on desktop
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Folder (show other bugs)
Version: 5.24.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2022-02-16 17:01 UTC by johnathan
Modified: 2023-05-09 03:46 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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regular home directory photo (58.48 KB, image/png)
2022-02-16 17:01 UTC, johnathan
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home directory folders on desktop (1.33 MB, image/png)
2022-02-16 17:01 UTC, johnathan
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dolphin shows desktop empty (47.97 KB, image/png)
2022-02-16 17:02 UTC, johnathan
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properties of music folder on desktop (1006.95 KB, image/png)
2022-02-16 17:03 UTC, johnathan
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properties of music folder in dolphin (115.01 KB, image/png)
2022-02-16 17:04 UTC, johnathan
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desktop right click locations (520.14 KB, image/png)
2022-02-18 04:27 UTC, johnathan
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Description johnathan 2022-02-16 17:01:07 UTC
Created attachment 146826 [details]
regular home directory photo

SUMMARY
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this is on a fresh install that i did 2 days ago. 
firstly, the software updated and made me restart twice which was weird. anyways, i saw for the first time, folders which are generally in the "home" directory on the desktop. i deleted a folder, say videos and checked that they had gone from home folder itself.

the problem is, when i check Desktop folder from dolphin, it says no data but on the desktop itself there are folders of home. 
if i right click on these folders on desktop, it says location as "/ (desktop)" which does not make any sense to me.

to be clear, selected "erase everything" during install and this was a fresh disk so i didn't configure anything by myself.

i have attached screenshots that i think should be relevant in understanding the issue. if you need screen recording of this, please let me know. 

note, this is not a super critical bug or anything but out of habit after a fresh install i saw some folders on the desktop and i deleted them only to find out they get deleted from home directory itself. this is bad UX for new users IMO
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  install kde neon using "remove everything" setting 
2. check desktop after updation
3.

OBSERVED RESULT
folders in home directly show on desktop but not in discover desktop folder

EXPECTED RESULT

home folder data should not show up on desktop. 


Operating System: KDE neon 5.24
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.13.0-28-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-4600U CPU @ 2.10GHz
Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 4400
Comment 1 johnathan 2022-02-16 17:01:41 UTC
Created attachment 146827 [details]
home directory folders on desktop
Comment 2 johnathan 2022-02-16 17:02:11 UTC
Created attachment 146828 [details]
dolphin shows desktop empty
Comment 3 johnathan 2022-02-16 17:03:04 UTC
Created attachment 146829 [details]
properties of music folder on desktop
Comment 4 johnathan 2022-02-16 17:04:35 UTC
Created attachment 146830 [details]
properties of music folder in dolphin
Comment 5 johnathan 2022-02-16 17:05:28 UTC
why do the same folders have different location in different applications?
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2022-02-16 18:15:08 UTC
Right-click on Desktop > click "Configure Desktop & Wallpaper" menu item > click "Location" item on sidebar

What does it show on that page?
Comment 7 johnathan 2022-02-18 04:27:26 UTC
Created attachment 146900 [details]
desktop right click locations

screenshot of right click location
Comment 8 johnathan 2022-02-20 10:18:38 UTC
shared the screenshot
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2023-04-09 20:40:03 UTC
Sorry for not responding. That's weird. Still weird.

Any chance this issue went away after upgrading? Can you reproduce the issue in Plasma 5.37.4 or later?
Comment 10 Bug Janitor Service 2023-04-24 03:45:59 UTC
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Comment 11 Bug Janitor Service 2023-05-09 03:46:14 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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