Cannot add places in Dolphin

[themouse]

If I right click on a folder and click 'add to places' it does nothing. I have had several plasma crashes also but it tells me the crash info is useless, so cant provide any info on those.

[ronw]

Same here for right clicking on a folder.

However, right clicking in the Places panel and using "Add Entry" works. As does dragging a folder and dropping it on the Places panel.

[LinkBot]

KDE Bugs: https://bugs.kde.org

Bug 345174 - [kdelibs] [kdebase-dolphin] Added folders to left panel "Places" disappear: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345174

[vinnywright]

drag it over and drop it their

then all the times you tryed to add it will prob show up.

VINNY

[Qqmike]

How then do you remove a folder from Places? Is that the rt-click Hide option?

[ronw]

How then do you remove a folder from Places? Is that the rt-click Hide option?

Yes.

Or maybe, just reading the bug report, restart Dolphin.

[Qqmike]

Ha!

[LinkBot]

Crash Bugs

I have had several plasma crashes also but it tells me the crash info is useless, so cant provide any info on those.

Click the 'Install Debug Symbols":



How to create useful crash reports: https://techbase.kde.org/Development..._crash_reports

[ronw]

The OP may be seeing krunner crashes instead of Plasma crashes, or krunner crashes followed by Plasma crashes.

The krunner crashes are a bit frustrating because the Install Debug Symbols button will just tell you no packages can be found (or something similar).

[Nayar]

I can confirm.

When i right clik >> add to places, nothing happens. I drag the folder, i see 2 folders getting added in places.

[themouse]

Thanks guys for your suggestions. will drag'n'drop my folders to add them.

As for the crashes ronw was spot on I clicked Install Debug Symbols, it told me the packages could not be found and I didnt really have time at that point to look into it further. But I will later on today as I have seen a few crashes now and it would be good to be able to report them.

[themouse]

Well I tried drag'n'drop and that did work except if you close Dolphin and reopen they are gone again. I have tried several times. One other question, previously I was using LinuxMint 17.1 and in that version in Dolphin you could right click on a file/folder and take owership of it. Is that feature in the new version its very handy as a quick permissons fix on a file.

[OneLine]

Workaround

Well I tried drag'n'drop and that did work except if you close Dolphin and reopen they are gone again. I have tried several times...

As told in the Bug 345174 - there is miscmatch between the old KDE4 and the new KF5:

~/.kde/share/apps/kfileplaces/bookmarks.xml vs. ~/.local/share/user-places.xbel

A workaround is to use a KF5 (Kate) application to add/edit the 'Places' - disable the 'Only show...'.

Kate > File > Open and edit the 'Places'.



The fix could be the : https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345174#c17


Context menu

...previously I was using LinuxMint 17.1 and in that version in Dolphin you could right click on a file/folder and take owership of it...

This sound like a pre-installed KDE Service/Context menu. More: https://techbase.kde.org/Development..._Service_Menus

The user could add service menus from the Dolphin > Settings > Configure Dolphin > Services > Download New Services.

I have found the 'kubicle's Root Actions Servicemenu ( http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...?content=48411 ) very handy.

[kubicle]

I have found the 'kubicle's Root Actions Servicemenu ( http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...?content=48411 ) very handy.

IIRC, LinuxMint(KDE) has my menu installed by default, so it's quite likely that it is what "themouse" is referring to.

[themouse]

Thanks guys you rock thats exactly what I was after.