[dolphin] [Bug 445403] New: [feature] Clone navigation history when creating new tab

[gkatev]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445403

            Bug ID: 445403
           Summary: [feature] Clone navigation history when creating new
                    tab
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 21.08.3
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: george_kate at hotmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Hello, I would like to suggest new functionality that I belive could be useful
in Dolphin.

In dolphin, one can use the backwards/forwards button or the keybindings to
quickly navigate to recent locations (in a linear, time-wise, fashion). When a
new tab is created (eg. Ctrl+T or from the context menu), the new tab has no
navigation history, as is normal.

My suggestion is that when a new tab is created, it clones the navigation
history of its parent. For example, how it could work:
- A new dolphin window is opened at ~.
- User navigates to ~/folder1, then to ~/folder1/folder2, and then back to
~/folder1.
- User uses Ctrl+T or equivalent shortcut to open a new tab.
- The new tab opens at ~/folder1.
- [suggested addition] The history of the parent tab is cloned, and the user
can navigate backwards, which would take him to ~, and forwards, which would
take him to ~/folder1/folder2.

The use case in the context of which I have though this up: I am in folder, and
I want to open a new tab to the parent or to a sibling folder (folder with same
parent as current). After opening a new tab (which will automatically become
focused), the cloned history would allow me to quickly navigate back to the
parent folder.

There are probably a number of alternative ways to do this, but I believe this
to be a good (better?) addition with little (none?) drawbacks. Alernative but
not as good ways I can think of:
- Use the navigation bar, which requires mouse clicks or more complex actions
(Ctrl+L and path editing)
- Use the Up navigation function, but that also requires a click. Or maybe it
can be binded (I actually don't know), but more complex histories might not be
covered, and a potentially unecessary binding needs to be created.

Please let me know your thoughts on this and how/if I could help. (including
code, though I should say I am new to KDE/dolphin).

Dolphin 21.08.3-1
Plasma 5.23.3-1
Arch Linux

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