Bug 454400 - Ark extracts selected sub-folder including many parent directories which is wrong by default
Summary: Ark extracts selected sub-folder including many parent directories which is w...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: ark
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 20.12.2
Platform: Debian stable Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Elvis Angelaccio
URL: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=...
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Reported: 2022-05-25 17:12 UTC by Petr N.
Modified: 2025-06-29 16:00 UTC (History)
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Description Petr N. 2022-05-25 17:12:25 UTC 
SUMMARY

I select "sub-folder" to extract, right click and select /my/destination/path/ destination and result is
/my/destination/path/archive/sub1/sub2/sub3/folder
instead of:
/my/destination/path/sub-folder

I think that this should not happen by default. 
When i do it via Extract button instead, then the extraction has options:
Extraction into subfolder
Preserve paths when extracting

i have tried both, but it always end up creating /my/destination/path/archive/sub1/sub2/sub3/sub-folder

Solution: 1) by default extract folder alone instead of creating multiple levels of parent folders, 2) user have to check the checkbox to preserve full path if he want to.

Issue is explained also here: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=174145

This is only annoying/non practical thing i have found in Ark so far.

Similar: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208384

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian 11
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version:  5.78.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2