I'd like an option to whenever I click on Dolphin's shortcut on the Application Launcher while already having open window, it would create a new tab on the existing window instead and put the existing window in focus.
In the "Configure Dolphin" dialog there is an option "Open new folders in tabs" which should solve this issue.
Created attachment 171815 [details] Still creating new windows That setting doesn't work.
Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding. We regularly get reports similar to this one but yours is slightly different. You open Dolphin without specifying a folder to open. If you, for example, right-click the Dolphin entry on your panel and choose your home folder there, it will open as a new tab when that setting is enabled. You might be able to edit the desktop entry (which specifies the command that is executed when you press Dolphin in the launcher) to always open the home folder. This would then allow the setting I mentioned to kick in and open a new tab in home instead of launching a new instance of Dolphin.
I was marked as the assignee. Changed to the default.
Although I'm sure that opening a whole new window has its specific use cases, most users would benefit if it created new tabs instead.
*** Bug 493362 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
In other words this are two requests now: 1- Starting the Dolphin app while a windows for the app is already open should simply open a new tab, instead of opening a new window. 2- Opening a folder should simply open a new tab, instead of opening a new window.
Correction: In other words this are two requests now: 1- Starting the Dolphin launcher while Dolphin is already open should simply open a new tab, instead of opening a new window. 2- Opening a folder while Dolphin is already open should simply open a new tab, instead of opening a new window.
(In reply to Fernando M. Muniz from comment #8) > 2- Opening a folder while Dolphin is already open should simply open a new > tab, instead of opening a new window. Isn't that one already covered by my suggestion in comment #1 "In the "Configure Dolphin" dialog there is an option "Open new folders in tabs" which should solve this issue."?
(In reply to Felix Ernst from comment #9) > (In reply to Fernando M. Muniz from comment #8) > > 2- Opening a folder while Dolphin is already open should simply open a new > > tab, instead of opening a new window. > > Isn't that one already covered by my suggestion in comment #1 "In the > "Configure Dolphin" dialog there is an option "Open new folders in tabs" > which should solve this issue."? Nope, the 493362 wishlist that I filled was asking for that to be Dolphin's default. In this one I wasn't asking for that to be the default, but now I am because it got merged into here.
Changing the default is not very likely to happen because the current default was decided on in quite a lengthy discussion not that long ago: https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/445 Not saying that such a change cannot happen, but I also don't think the basic situation has fundamentally changed since then.
(In reply to Felix Ernst from comment #11) > Changing the default is not very likely to happen because the current > default was decided on in quite a lengthy discussion not that long ago: > https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/445 > > Not saying that such a change cannot happen, but I also don't think the > basic situation has fundamentally changed since then. Then I guess I drop that second request. Still think the launcher itself should behave accordingly when that tab option is activated.
Ok, I read a bit of the discussion: There should be a placebo/transitionary update that only saves existing users with Unlisted Legacy_New_Window_Only, then when the actual new update comes out, these existing users marked with the Unlisted Legacy setting won't change their defaults with the update, except new installations.
Hopefully I didn't sound crazy, but what I was trying to say is to isolate the legacy users into a third unlisted/invisible option, then making the actual update that doesn't affect them what-so-ever. Or even better: Migrate the invisible legacy option into the new non-default that would be opening new windows every time.
Unless by legacy users they also mean anyone reinstalling their OS... But then the same point would have been used against the double-clicking becoming the default (which is a bigger deal), so I doubt this is the case. In any case it's possible to have this change AND respect legacy users' defaults.
Does this mean that the legacy users who had a single click to open files/folders as default weren't converted into a legacy setting? That's bad...
Another way of tackling the issue in the discussion: If the uptime of a system is under 1 hour, change to the new default. If the uptime of a system is over 1 hour, transition into the legacy setting (old default).
Sorry for talking too much, but if I were to file a wishlist to standardize this "using uptime to detect legacy users for important changes in default settings" procedure, where would I even put it?
(In reply to Fernando M. Muniz from comment #18) > Sorry for talking too much, but if I were to file a wishlist to standardize > this "using uptime to detect legacy users for important changes in default > settings" procedure, where would I even put it? Don't worry about it. This is a well understood problem that has come up enough that KDE contributors are generally aware of how to migrate legacy users settings. The change in https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/445 also applying to existing users was something I argued in favour of in https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/445#note_521735 , but it was decided among us contributors that this was fine in this case. We are aware of ways on how to avoid this, but they were not chosen there. Let's keep this bug report focused on the main and initially reported bug about there being no setting to completely avoid opening secondary Dolphin windows. We should try to not make this bug report too complicated for people coming here in the future.
To summarize; I'm requesting that when clicking the Shortcut/Application Launcher of the Dolphin app itself, it would just open a new tab whenever a Dolphin window is already opened (If the user has chosen that option for folders in the settings).
Can someone mark the most recent messages (except Comment 20 ) as spam?