• Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin and missing paste file option in right click

    From Mark Knecht@21:1/5 to rdalek1967@gmail.com on Wed Apr 27 22:00:01 2022
    On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 12:37 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

    Howdy,

    I did my weekly updates this past Sunday. I noticed one change I like.
    If I put my mouse pointer over a video file, it does like a animated
    preview thingy. I've seen some websites do that and it is kinda nifty.
    Then I noticed something that is missing and I use that a LOT, I mean a
    whole LOT. When I move a file(s) from one place to another, I either
    use Cut or Copy where the file is located and then use Paste where I
    want it to go. I can do the Cut and Copy part, they are in the right
    click menu as always. However, the Paste option is gone. It's not
    grayed out or something, its just plain gone, everywhere. At first I
    thought it was a settings issue but I've checked the settings and can't
    find anything about it. Then I moved on to permissions, nothing there.
    As I said, Cut and Copy is there. Even Move to Trash is there. Only
    the Paste option is missing which I find kinda odd really. What is also
    odd, I can't find a setting for Cut or Copy either.

    This is either a bug or I'm not looking in the right place to enable
    this again. Since I can't find Cut or Copy in settings, maybe I'm
    looking in the wrong place. Then again, maybe something got removed, disabled Paste and removed the option to control Cut and Copy too. I'm
    not sure which it is but I'd really like to have this option again.

    I might add, doing a ctrl + v to paste works. I'm doing that for now
    but really miss the Paste option with the mouse.

    Anyone else notice this or just me? Am I missing where the setting to control this is? Is it just gone? Thoughts?

    Thanks.

    Dale

    :-) :-)


    On my system when I move to a new location and right click that's when
    I see the 'paste one file' option.

    HTH,
    Mark

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  • From Mark Knecht@21:1/5 to rdalek1967@gmail.com on Wed Apr 27 22:30:01 2022
    On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 1:22 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
    <SNIP>

    That's what I used to have here. Now when I go to where I want to put a file, either Cut or Copy from previous location, I have to do a ctrl + v
    to paste in the new location. I think other options are missing to but
    I can't remember what all used to be there. I mostly use Cut, Copy and Paste. I do have the option to create a directory or text file still.
    Some things are there but Paste isn't one of them.

    Oh, I'm on Dolphin version 22.04.0. Forgot to include that. I run
    unstable on KDE and related stuff.

    It's confusing.

    Dale

    I'm on Kubuntu. Dolphin is 21.12.3 which is probably closer to what
    you were running before.

    File a bug somewhere I guess... ;-)

    Mark

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  • From Dale@21:1/5 to Mark Knecht on Wed Apr 27 22:30:01 2022
    Mark Knecht wrote:
    On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 12:37 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
    Howdy,

    I did my weekly updates this past Sunday. I noticed one change I like.
    If I put my mouse pointer over a video file, it does like a animated
    preview thingy. I've seen some websites do that and it is kinda nifty.
    Then I noticed something that is missing and I use that a LOT, I mean a
    whole LOT. When I move a file(s) from one place to another, I either
    use Cut or Copy where the file is located and then use Paste where I
    want it to go. I can do the Cut and Copy part, they are in the right
    click menu as always. However, the Paste option is gone. It's not
    grayed out or something, its just plain gone, everywhere. At first I
    thought it was a settings issue but I've checked the settings and can't
    find anything about it. Then I moved on to permissions, nothing there.
    As I said, Cut and Copy is there. Even Move to Trash is there. Only
    the Paste option is missing which I find kinda odd really. What is also
    odd, I can't find a setting for Cut or Copy either.

    This is either a bug or I'm not looking in the right place to enable
    this again. Since I can't find Cut or Copy in settings, maybe I'm
    looking in the wrong place. Then again, maybe something got removed,
    disabled Paste and removed the option to control Cut and Copy too. I'm
    not sure which it is but I'd really like to have this option again.

    I might add, doing a ctrl + v to paste works. I'm doing that for now
    but really miss the Paste option with the mouse.

    Anyone else notice this or just me? Am I missing where the setting to
    control this is? Is it just gone? Thoughts?

    Thanks.

    Dale

    :-) :-)

    On my system when I move to a new location and right click that's when
    I see the 'paste one file' option.

    HTH,
    Mark



    That's what I used to have here.  Now when I go to where I want to put a
    file, either Cut or Copy from previous location, I have to do a ctrl + v
    to paste in the new location.  I think other options are missing to but
    I can't remember what all used to be there.  I mostly use Cut, Copy and Paste.  I do have the option to create a directory or text file still. 
    Some things are there but Paste isn't one of them. 

    Oh, I'm on Dolphin version 22.04.0.  Forgot to include that.  I run
    unstable on KDE and related stuff. 

    It's confusing. 

    Dale

    :-)  :-) 

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  • From Neil Bothwick@21:1/5 to Dale on Thu Apr 28 09:20:02 2022
    On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:37:12 -0500, Dale wrote:

    I did my weekly updates this past Sunday.  I noticed one change I like. 
    If I put my mouse pointer over a video file, it does like a animated
    preview thingy.  I've seen some websites do that and it is kinda nifty.  Then I noticed something that is missing and I use that a LOT, I mean a
    whole LOT.  When I move a file(s) from one place to another, I either
    use Cut or Copy where the file is located and then use Paste where I
    want it to go.  I can do the Cut and Copy part, they are in the right
    click menu as always.  However, the Paste option is gone.

    I'm running 22.04.0, I don't normally use this but just tried it. The
    paste option is only available when the mouse is not over a file. In one
    of the icon modes that is any empty space but in details mode I had to
    right click in the small space on the left of the listing.


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  • From Dale@21:1/5 to Neil Bothwick on Thu Apr 28 16:00:01 2022
    Neil Bothwick wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:37:12 -0500, Dale wrote:

    I did my weekly updates this past Sunday.  I noticed one change I like.  >> If I put my mouse pointer over a video file, it does like a animated
    preview thingy.  I've seen some websites do that and it is kinda nifty.  >> Then I noticed something that is missing and I use that a LOT, I mean a
    whole LOT.  When I move a file(s) from one place to another, I either
    use Cut or Copy where the file is located and then use Paste where I
    want it to go.  I can do the Cut and Copy part, they are in the right
    click menu as always.  However, the Paste option is gone.
    I'm running 22.04.0, I don't normally use this but just tried it. The
    paste option is only available when the mouse is not over a file. In one
    of the icon modes that is any empty space but in details mode I had to
    right click in the small space on the left of the listing.




    That works here too.  As you point out, it doesn't work elsewhere like
    it used to tho.  Odd.  I suspect it will be fixed with the next version. 

    I tried to go back to a older version but it wants older versions of
    other KDE packages too.  I was wanting to see how it worked in the old
    version again, compare things.  Oh well.  At least you got me a way to
    make it work until they give it a proper fix. 

    Thanks much.

    Dale

    :-)  :-) 

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  • From Peter Humphrey@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 28 17:10:02 2022
    On Thursday, 28 April 2022 13:55:05 -00 Dale wrote:

    I tried to go back to a older version but it wants older versions of
    other KDE packages too. I was wanting to see how it worked in the old version again, compare things. Oh well. At least you got me a way to
    make it work until they give it a proper fix.

    You could try recovering from backup into a spare partition.

    When I'm moving things around in Dolphin I just drag them with a mouse. That sometimes needs another window open at the destination, but it works well enough for me.

    --
    Regards,
    Peter.

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  • From Andrew Lowe@21:1/5 to Dale on Thu Apr 28 17:00:01 2022
    On 28/4/22 9:55 pm, Dale wrote:
    Neil Bothwick wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:37:12 -0500, Dale wrote:

    I did my weekly updates this past Sunday.  I noticed one change I like. [snip]


    [snip]


    That works here too.  As you point out, it doesn't work elsewhere like
    it used to tho.  Odd.  I suspect it will be fixed with the next version.

    I tried to go back to a older version but it wants older versions of
    other KDE packages too.  I was wanting to see how it worked in the old version again, compare things.  Oh well.  At least you got me a way to
    make it work until they give it a proper fix.

    Thanks much.

    Dale

    :-)  :-)


    Broken for me as well. I did a big update a few days ago and had noticed the same problem. I was about to post the same as Dales
    original post when Dales popped up. I agree with Neil, about being near
    a file and clicking on the LHS.

    If I remember correctly, and I'm quite prepared to be corrected here, in the earlier versions the "highlight bar" only covered the file/dir
    name, not right across the whole window, Size, Modified, Type etc. Now
    it does, from the vertical line that indicates the dir tree right across
    to the RHS of the window. It does not extend right to the edge of the
    LHS of the window from the vertical line and that's the part that Neil identified. I'm guessing that dolphin somehow uses the highlight colour,
    the "highlight bar", to indicate location within the window and in turn
    as to whether things can be pasted there or not.

    If I didn't have, literally, three solid days of 1st year engineering students submissions to mark, I would have a quick squizz at the dolphin
    code, but it's out of the question at the moment. There is nothing on
    the Gentoo bugs thingy regarding Dolphin. I think I'll be waiting until
    the next update....

    Andrew

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  • From Dale@21:1/5 to Frank Steinmetzger on Fri Apr 29 00:00:01 2022
    Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
    Am Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 02:37:12PM -0500 schrieb Dale:
    Howdy,

    I did my weekly updates this past Sunday.  I noticed one change I like.  >> If I put my mouse pointer over a video file, it does like a animated
    preview thingy.  I've seen some websites do that and it is kinda nifty.  >> Then I noticed something that is missing and I use that a LOT, I mean a
    whole LOT.  When I move a file(s) from one place to another, I either
    use Cut or Copy where the file is located and then use Paste where I
    want it to go.  I can do the Cut and Copy part, they are in the right
    click menu as always.  However, the Paste option is gone.
    […]
    This is either a bug or I'm not looking in the right place to enable
    this again.
    […]
    Anyone else notice this or just me?  Am I missing where the setting to
    control this is?  Is it just gone?  Thoughts?
    The menu entry appears once you actually have something to paste.
    So copy/cut a file first.

    Just reproduced it on my 22.04 Dolphin.



    I always Cut or Copy first.  I been doing it that way for many years,
    even back in the KDE3 days.  As pointed out by Neil, you have to put the
    mouse pointer in a different place now.  Used to you could put it about anywhere but now it has to be on the left side of the pane where there
    is a empty space.  That works fine and is workable but have to remember
    to do it that way now.  Maybe the old behavior will be back with the
    next upgrade. 

    Dale

    :-)  :-) 

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  • From Frank Steinmetzger@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 28 23:50:01 2022
    Am Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 02:37:12PM -0500 schrieb Dale:
    Howdy,

    I did my weekly updates this past Sunday.  I noticed one change I like. 
    If I put my mouse pointer over a video file, it does like a animated
    preview thingy.  I've seen some websites do that and it is kinda nifty.  Then I noticed something that is missing and I use that a LOT, I mean a
    whole LOT.  When I move a file(s) from one place to another, I either
    use Cut or Copy where the file is located and then use Paste where I
    want it to go.  I can do the Cut and Copy part, they are in the right
    click menu as always.  However, the Paste option is gone.
    […]
    This is either a bug or I'm not looking in the right place to enable
    this again.
    […]
    Anyone else notice this or just me?  Am I missing where the setting to control this is?  Is it just gone?  Thoughts?

    The menu entry appears once you actually have something to paste.
    So copy/cut a file first.

    Just reproduced it on my 22.04 Dolphin.

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