[dolphin] [Bug 509761] New: dolphin <path-to-file> should default to --selection and dolphin window doesn’t show the containing folder.

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509761

            Bug ID: 509761
           Summary: dolphin <path-to-file> should default to --selection
                    and dolphin window doesn’t show the containing folder.
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
      Version First 25.08.1
       Reported In:
          Platform: Arch Linux
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: darkphoenix534 at protonmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
I am using application launcher which provides option to open location of
.desktop file, dolphin defaults to executing the <file> instead of opening the
folder with <file> being selected.

Also when closing whichever app that get launched for <file>, the dolphin
window doesn’t show the containing folder.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. dolphin <file-path>

OBSERVED RESULT
<file-path> gets executed with its respective application.

EXPECTED RESULT
<file-path> should be selected instead. The rationale is, if i wanted to
execute the file i would have used xdg-open <file-path> and not dolphin,
dolphin is a file-manager and should open in file managing mode.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.16.7-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® UHD Graphics 630

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Or please provice config option for changing this.

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