Bug 515069 - dolphin opens an extra tab when I click on a folder on the desktop
Summary: dolphin opens an extra tab when I click on a folder on the desktop
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.08.1
Platform: Kubuntu Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2026-01-25 18:50 UTC by Paul Cicchinelli
Modified: 2026-01-25 18:50 UTC (History)
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screen caps of dolphin with extra tab and config screen (175.50 KB, image/png)
2026-01-25 18:50 UTC, Paul Cicchinelli
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Description Paul Cicchinelli 2026-01-25 18:50:46 UTC
Created attachment 188873 [details]
screen caps of dolphin with extra tab and config screen

Dolphin opens an extra tab EVERY time I click on a folder (or a link to one) on the desktop.  That that tab is ALWAYS a split-view tab of Documents|Downloads, and is always the first tab, with the tab for the folder/link I've clicked on being the active tab.  (If needed, I can upload a video of it happening.)
     However, if I use a hot-key combination to open Dolphin, or create a 'Link to Application' to Dolphin on the desktop with desired folder as an argument, it opens JUST the desired folder.  Here is the text of the link (unmodified, opened using Kate):

[Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_US]=
Comment=
Exec=dolphin 'Desktop/Reference charts/'
GenericName[en_US]=
GenericName=
Icon=system-run
MimeType=
Name[en_US]=test
Name=test
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=
=================================================================
System Info:

Dolphin 25.08.1

Operating System: Kubuntu 25.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-8-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i3-10100 CPU @ 3.60GHz
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.1 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® UHD Graphics 630