SUMMARY Within a Folder View widget (not set to Desktop), files dragged onto "Trash.desktop" give error message when the .desktop extension is removed STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a Folder View Widget and set location to *anything other than Desktop*. 2. Create a Trash.desktop file as you normally would in that widget. 3. Rename "Trash.desktop" to "Trash" 4. Drag an icon you want to delete onto Trash OBSERVED RESULT Produces error message popup: "Access denied to . " EXPECTED RESULT Icon should be sent to Trash SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Kinoite 42 KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.1 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0 Qt Version: 6.9.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Files dragged onto "Trash" icon in Folder View widget with location set to "Desktop" are correctly sent to Trash.
can't seem to reproduce
Can't reproduce Operating System: Fedora Linux 42 KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0 Qt Version: 6.9.1 Kernel Version: 6.15.8-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600
Also can't reproduce. Can you share how you created the trash on the desktop? A screen recording that shows the whole process of you creating the desktop trash, renaming its file, and then dragging something to it would be helpful.
Screen recording of the issue: https://jumpshare.com/share/g3BquMOX7XVCwX4Q7XTQ
Thanks, now I can reproduce it. I suspect all of us had poor reading comprehension here and were putting the trash on the actual desktop, and not in a Folder View Widget with the location set to *anything other than Desktop*, as you wrote. It makes sense why this happens now: .desktop is a special suffix that lets the system know that something is kind of a virtual item, with properties determined by the contents of the file. The suffix is hidden on the actual desktop, or when using the desktop:/ location. In any other location, it will be shown. If you remove the suffix, you can break the item. That's what happened here. I'd recommend not renaming .desktop files.