Hi all:

I've been using this feature for a long time (Right click - Create new - Basic link to file or directory) to create soft links to files and folders in my home folder.
However, it seems that something is broken in Plasma 5.6 and Dolphin. I can use the above mentioned steps to create symbolic links to folders but not to files.

Even if I create symbolic links on the terminal (using ln -s) they do not work in Dolphin.
However, it all works as expected if I use Konqueror...

I am using Arch Linux, KDE Frameworks 5.21.0 and Dolphin 16.03.90 (built against qt 5.6.0).

Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Should I file a bug in KDE Bugtracking System?

Thanks in advance:

Pedro

Never used this but I can confirm your experience, strange because drag & drop -> link here, works fine for me

Definitely file a bug bug search for an existing one first

also post the bug report here for others and vote for it

Hi:

I've found a related bug here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357171

Please let me know if this is enough or if I should file another...

Cheers:

Pedro

P.S. - Drag & Drop works fine for me too.

your should also vote for the bug

Testing with the Arch Linux:

Old:
Qt 5.5.1
KF 5.19.0
Dolphin 15.12.2

Current:
Qt 5.6.0
KF 5.21.0
Dolphin 15.12.3

New (Packages from Arch KDE Unstable)
Qt 5.6.0
KF 5.21.0
Dolphin 16.03.90

The linking is working fine but all have the bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357171.

That is - The KF5 file picker doesn't have the option to pick files.



A workaround is to copy/write the file path to the path line.



With the Dolphin4 / Konqueror (There is no KF5 version of the Konqueror released) there is an option to pick all files