[dolphin] [Bug 440663] New Dolphin window or tab opened after compression/extraction when certain default options are disabled, or when the job is canceled, or when the Dolphin window that initiated it is closed

[Steve Vialle]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440663

--- Comment #85 from Steve Vialle <steve_v at orcon.net.nz> ---
(In reply to Andrey from comment #83)
> What about extraction? Does it respect "open destination folder after
> extraction" in ark?
Checked or unchecked, nothing is opened after extraction from the dolphin
context menu.
It _is_ respected when extracting an archive from within ark itself, as it
should and always has.
IMO ark options should affect ark, and not bleed over into dolphin context menu
actions anyway. They never have before AFAIK.

> As I wrote above, that  "open new folders in tabs" option naming in dolphin
> just unfortunate and misleading.
"Open new folders in tabs" does exactly what it says on the tin - it causes
folders opened externally (e.g. from a desktop icon etc.) to open a new tab in
an existing dolphin window, rather than opening a new window.
That's what it's always done, since the introduction of dolphin as the default
file manager. It's not misleading, and it has only become "unfortunate" with
the introduction of this "focus archive" shenanegans.

> If it UNchecked, it _guarantees_ the new Dolphin window will be opened
> instead of selecting the archive in current tab/new tab.
Well it does _now_. It sure didn't before all this started.

> Please try to check that option and retest.
Checking "open new folders in tabs" does indeed prevent the spawning of new
dolphin windows on extraction. However, as above, it also causes externally
opened folders to open tabs rather than new windows. 
For those of us used to a traditional desktop workflow, this is extremely
irritating. It is also logically unrelated to background archive operations.


If and when you have something in need of testing I'm happy to do so... But I
also need a desktop that works properly, so for now I'm going to keep patching
out your changes locally until this doesn't steal focus, raise windows, hijack
existing options, or generally get in my way.
I've been using KDE since 1.0 and I've never needed this, quite frankly I don't
need it now either. Archiving is and always has been an unobtrusive background
operation, and it has worked just fine that way for many years.

If you are determined to implement this feature, please provide a clearly
labelled option (a *new* option, not one with it's own well-established uses)
to disable it entirely.

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