SUMMARY If a Dolphin window is in a directory that is deleted, Dolphin moves the user to the grandparent directory of that deleted directory rather than the parent. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. In Dolphin, go to directory X 2. In another process (such as konsole), delete directory X 3. Observe how Dolphin moves the user when Dolphin notices the directory is deleted OBSERVED RESULT When a Dolphin window is in a directory that is deleted, Dolphin automatically moves the user to the grandparent of the deleted directory instead of the parent For example, I created a directory called testdir in $HOME Under testdir, I created directory test1 Under test1, I created directory test2 If I navigate to test2 in Dolphin then delete test2 in another process, Dolphin reports: Current location changed, '$HOME/testdir/dir1' is no longer accessible. Then I am moved to $HOME/testdir. Yet I see dir1 in $HOME/testdir and I can access $HOME/testdir/test1. Similarly, if I deleted $HOME/testdir/test1 ($HOME/testdir still exists), Dolphin would redirect me to $HOME instead of $HOME/testdir. EXPECTED RESULT Dolphin should drop me in the location nearest to the directory that was deleted. In the above example where $HOME/testdir/test1/test2 was deleted, it should drop me in $HOME/testdir/test1 instead of testdir since $HOME/testdir/test1 still exists. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Observed in both KDE Neon Unstable and ArchLinux (both from repos and built from kdesrc-build) (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.81.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.245.0 Qt Version: 6.6.0
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Can someone explain the mechanism that informs Dolphin about the deletion of that directory? I am on Arch and nothing happens if I delete the currently shown directory from outside of Dolphin. Am I missing some component of Plasma/Frameworks/whatever or could it be a configuration problem? Installed versions: - Dolphin 23.08.4 - KDE Frameworks 5.113.0 - Qt 5.15.12 (built against 5.15.11) Only If I refresh the view it detects that the dir was deleted and displays "The file or folder /path/to/deleted/dir does not exist" and "Loading canceled", but it does not change the location at all. It's not a matter of the filesystem in use as this behavior is the same in different mount points with different file systems.
Disregard my last comment. Completely missed the (for my beginner eyes) subtle Plasma 6 references and messed up the other version numbers. Sorry for that! Just tested it on Plasma 5.93.0 Frameworks Version 5.249.0 Qt Version 6.7.0 and can confirm: Dolphin drops me into the grandparent dir. No matter which file system.