[dolphin] [Bug 422006] [Dolphin] Emptying trash does not trigger view refresh

[Méven Car]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422006

--- Comment #32 from Méven Car <meven29 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Pete from comment #31)
> (In reply to Méven Car from comment #30)
> > Which desktop layout are using desktop or folder view ?
> > You have folder view if you have icons of your wallpaper/desktop.
> > 
> > Simply put, do you have icons on your desktop ?
> > Does opening `desktop:/` in dolphin change the behavior ?
> > 
> > A component watching for trash updates, is not started if you use the
> > "desktop" layout and might explain why I don't reproduce this.
> > Haven't checked myself.
> > https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/blob/master/kioworkers/
> > desktop/desktopnotifier.cpp
> > 
> > Another to check is to launch `kcmshell6 kcm_kded` and whether or not
> > "Directory Watcher" is launched/running.
> 
> Why should folder or desktop view affect the behaviour of a file manager's
> ability to monitor its own trash? 

Because dolphin is mostly tested/used in plasma with default settings, this
hasn't been noticed.

KDE code spans decades, that we inherit as-is by from previous maintainers,
that had limited resources as do we always.
Code evolves organically often without overarching design, this is especially
true for old components such as trash:/.

> A file manager should be entirely independant of a user's desktop settings.

You are correct dolphin shouldn't depend on this, not primarly for design but
for not-plasma users of dolphin. Fixing this might be a fix for this bug.

But please answer to my questions so I actually _know_ that's the issue.
That would be more valuable to fix the bug than having to explain the past.

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