SUMMARY STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open archive with Ark (in my case it's zip) 2. Click Extract button on top left 3. "Extract --- Ark" dialog shows up OBSERVED RESULT Extract button in "Extract --- Ark" is greyed out unless "Name" input box on the bottom of the dialog is not empty. Seems like Ark is waiting for extraction path? But why should I specify it manually in the input box? EXPECTED RESULT Should be able to extract directly without any further actions, like filling the "Name" input box. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0 Qt Version: 6.9.1 Kernel Version: 6.15.6-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Additional Info: Original KDE Discuss thread: https://discuss.kde.org/t/ark-set-a-default-extract-path-select-resulting-files-when-showing-containing-folder/36255?u=fishboneek It seems it's a regression? One reply says Ark works fine in 23.08.5 in Kubuntu.
Also experiencing this with Ark 25.04.2
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/merge_requests/1934
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/merge_requests/299
*** Bug 507226 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 506847 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I was getting this bug every time until I tried spamming the Enter key in the Extract window and got a few errors saying that whatever I had input in the Name box didn't exist on disk. I think I closed the application in frustration, but when I reopened it the bug was fixed and stayed fixed trough reboot and even reinstallation of Ark. This happened on Fedora 42 KDE with Ark 25.04.3. I also compiled the latest master branch and could see the bug was present, but got rid of the build and back to 25.04 before the "miraculous" fix happened.
*** Bug 504421 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Git commit 52f9b30abd5e78621ce5f20e982b55a2c4671bfd by Akseli Lahtinen, on behalf of Méven Car. Committed on 13/10/2025 at 09:41. Pushed by akselmo into branch 'master'. KFileWidgets: Allow saving to currentfolder with empty input field in special cases To allow a selectdir saving dialog to accept an empty location interpreting it as the current Url. This behavior only happens when - We are in Directory mode - We are saving M +56 -0 autotests/kfilewidgettest.cpp M +49 -2 src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/commit/52f9b30abd5e78621ce5f20e982b55a2c4671bfd
Really hopes that it can be fixed soon, now I can only use zip or 7z as alternative
(In reply to FishBoneEK from comment #9) > Really hopes that it can be fixed soon, now I can only use zip or 7z as > alternative It should be fixed in 6.20, feel free to confirm.
(In reply to Méven from comment #10) > > It should be fixed in 6.20, feel free to confirm. Nice :)
Git commit 6b23957e46c765b4c11d14eea6c68b11f72d1e43 by Méven Car. Committed on 19/11/2025 at 08:52. Pushed by meven into branch 'master'. Extract Dialog: Allow to select the current Url As destination M +1 -0 kerfuffle/extractiondialog.cpp https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/commit/6b23957e46c765b4c11d14eea6c68b11f72d1e43