[dolphin] [Bug 462332] New: Dolphin "Open Folder With" uses wrong working directory

[Frank Märkle]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462332

            Bug ID: 462332
           Summary: Dolphin "Open Folder With" uses wrong working
                    directory
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 22.08.3
          Platform: OpenSUSE
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: FrankMaerkle at posteo.net
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
When launching an application via right-click -> "Open Folder With", it will be
launched with a working directory that is not the selected folder, but rather
its parent folder. This leads to various applications not opening the expected
folder.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open the Menu Editor and create a new application entry with
   Program: sh
   Command-Line Arguments: -c "notify-send $(pwd)"
   (This will launch a shell script that reads the current working directory
and outputs it via a desktop notification.)
2. Open Dolphin and navigate to your home-directory.
3. Right-click into empty space and select "Open Folder With" -> "Other
Application..."
4. Select your previously created application entry.

OBSERVED RESULT
The notification shows a working directory of "/home".

EXPECTED RESULT
The notification should show a working directory of "/home/username".

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux distribution: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20221126
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.100.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- It behaves similarly when you right-click on a folder instead of empty space.
It also behaves this way in the Folder View desktop widget.
- When an application entry specifies "%u" in its command-line arguments, that
parameter is populated correctly, which is why e.g. Filelight or Dolphin do
open the correct folder.
- I can also reproduce this in Kubuntu 20.04.5 (Plasma 5.18.8, Frameworks
5.68.0, Qt 5.12.8). This behavior might be quite old.
- I could imagine this bug being as simple as the "Open With" logic always
assuming that it's opening a file, because the working directory for a file
would be its parent folder.

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