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It would be great if Dolphin had a saved sessions feature similar to Kate and other KDE apps (see Kate documentation here: http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/applications/kate/fundamentals-using-sessions.html).

Below are a couple bug reports asking for this same feature, so I'm not alone in wanting this. I think this is a useful idea and it would also give Dolphin greater feature parity with other KDE apps like Kate and Konqueror.

Bug 306257 – Add a feature so that we can save and restore a dolphin session
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306257

Add a feature so that we can save and restore a dolphin session : by 'session' I mean being able to save (and restore later) :
- list of all tabs,
- open and expanded folders,
- split views,
- selected files/folders, and
- exact position of scrollbars

...so that you could just use a menu like "Session > Restore session..." and select one you previously saved (as a *.dolphin_session file for instance).

It would be great then to have directly access to the last N sessions (that number should be a configurable option) in the "Session > My_session_name" menu.

Bug 246028 – wish for being able to save "sessions" (with multiple tabs)
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=246028

This is a variant for the wish for bookmarks. I often use dolphin for work with files, and I often have 3-5 tabs open in completely different directories. When I open dolphin and would manually restore such a session, it would take me 1-2 minutes everytime.

I would love to see this feature as well. I usually have 6 or more tabs open and there is a default set I like to always be able to open fresh. Dolphin frequently crashes in Plasma 5. Also, the Restore previous session option in System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Desktop Session is not working properly yet.

Yes, that's something any file manager should have. Hopefully they will add them soon.

KDE has become very stable, I am currently running Plasma 5.10.1 on Arch. The KDE Desktop Session manager works quite well, I leave Dolphin open and all the tabs come back after boot or reboot. For me, this is no longer a priority. However, it would be nice to have a separate session manager for Dolphin for those who do not like to use the Desktop Session manager or want to be able to save sessions specifically for Dolphin.

I deeply support this function, i cant beleive dolphin still lacks this function. Please do it soon.

I also demmand a panel history and CTRL+Z undo last tab and CTRL+Click open tabs
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Just open konsole and type

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dolphin "location_tab1" "location_tab2" "location_tab3"

i assume that you can make a starter then

EOS wrote:Just open konsole and type

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dolphin "location_tab1" "location_tab2" "location_tab3"

i assume that you can make a starter then

What about splitted tabs?

I hit the thumbs up for the this. In the mean time, you can open Dolphin in a new activity and it will save what you are doing separately within that.

I"m updating the list of requested features slightly:

Add a feature so that we can save and restore a dolphin session by name (similar to Kate)

The properties for a Dolphin 'session' should include at least these:
- open in the directory you last used
- open all previously opened tabs (each to the directory or directories last used)
- focus the last focused tab
- remember split view settings for each tab
- restore expanded or collapsed folder state for each folder in a tab
- remember view properties for each tab
- remember any selected files/folders
- restore exact position of scrollbars

To be really advanced, it could be implemented like newer versions of Firefox using a lazy load feature where folders in a tab are not loaded until that tab becomes focused.

Clancularius wrote:I hit the thumbs up for the this. In the mean time, you can open Dolphin in a new activity and it will save what you are doing separately within that.

Can you provide more details? How much of a Dolphin session will be saved / restored by using an Activity? Are these Dolphin properties saved across reboots?

When stopping an Activity (including when logging out/shutting down), it will save off the list of running applications (for Activity-aware apps they will save off their states so that); so that then when you start that Activity it will reopen those applications (restoring the states/sessions of any activity-aware apps).
So the deal here is that you can save sessions of e.g. dolphin by moving them to a new Activity, then starting/stopping/switching to/from that activity as needed.
That is only a workaround, of course, as proper saved sessions would be more convenient/flexible.