SUMMARY Entering a file in Dolphin address bar open the file instead of opening the parent folder and selecting the file. Also, when closing then re-opening Dolphin, the file is opening again. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Enter a file, like /usr/share/wallpapers/Autumn/contents/screenshot.jpg in Dolphin address bar. 2. Closing and re-opening Dolphin OBSERVED RESULT The file is opened twice. EXPECTED RESULT The parent folder should be opened with this file selected. Same on re-opening Dolphin. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0 Qt Version: 6.8.0
I can reproduce this on Fedora KDE 41 - which at first doesn't seem totally undesirable, but it does leave a tab that stays in a perpetual "Loading" state and, to your point, will re-open that file if it's not closed or navigated elsewhere.
The actual behavior of opening the specified file when opening Dolphin doesn't seem unwanted but I see some problem with it: * The automatic opening of the file is not obvious if the file is not the selected tab, * The file can be large or the default application to open it may be slow, and even fail to open (like after a OOM), * No Dolphin action is possible on the file (without going to parent folder, by editing the address or adding the "parent folder" button), * The default application may have been accidentally set to Dolphin to open this kind of file, and so, Dolphin seems to always display "Loading cancelled" on a empty panel, without showing the file.