Created attachment 186809 [details] Menu from dragging a link SUMMARY When dragging a link (to a file or folder) to a folder, a menu appear but it's not clear what those options would do with the link because they are written for dragging non-link files/folder. Either the file/folder pointed at could be treated or the link itself could be treated. This menu could be useful because dragging a link instead of the original file could be used to save time. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a link to a file or folder (you can drag it somewhere and click "Link Here"). 2. Now, drag the created link to somewhere 3. Watch what options are presented OBSERVED RESULT We see exactly the same options that if it was not a link. We get : - "Move Here", which we don't know if it is "Move the original file to Here" or "Move the link to Here". It is moving the link. Same issue with "Move Into New Folder". - "Copy Here", which could be "Make a copy of the original file" or "Make the same link Here". It is making a copy of the link, thus just a link. - "Link Here", which could be "Make the same link here" or the quite strange idea "Create a link to the link to the file" (which create a double dependency). And the current behaviour is this last and strange one. EXPECTED RESULT Links can be treated in more ways. Thus we should have more descriptive options, and more of them. I propose that we have : - "Copy the original content Here" - "Move the original content Here" which would move the original file/folder AND update this link used to accessing it (cool gain of time). Sadly, KDE does not track the list of links pointing to a file. Thus if they are more of them, only the one we are using can be fixed (I don't want a full OS scan to find them). One fixed link is better than none, and there will be often only one. - "Move the link to Here" - "Make the same link Here" - and maybe that we could have "Make a link to the link to the content" (it is already implemented) but I don't see the point of it and thus I am more against it. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Dolphin Version 25.08.3 Système d'exploitation : Fedora Linux 43 Version de KDE Plasma : 6.5.2 Version de KDE Frameworks : 6.19.0 Version de Qt : 6.10.0 Version de noyau : 6.17.7-300.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit) Plate-forme graphique : Wayland ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This drag menu is available both when dragging to Dolphin and to the desktop.
(About links, I am waiting for bug 448157 and especially the terrible bug 504346 to be fixed. Also the error of wrong path could be improved and translated (bug 446869). If I could ask for a donation to be targeted at a bug I would put 50€ against bug 504346.)