Dolphin forgetting keyboard shortcuts?

piotrek · April 22, 2025, 11:46am

I’m either going insane or Dolphin will forget some shortcuts from time to time. I was a long time (like over 20 years) Total Commander user and after migrating to Linux I’ve changed the most frequently used Dolphin keyboard shortcuts to match those in Total Commander. But a while ago many of them disappeared. I thought maybe I haven’t changed them on my home PC (I use Dolphin at home and work), but today, after upgrading Fedora KDE Apps packages to 25.04 most of the shortcuts are gone again. Things like open/close tab, I was definitely using them every day for the past week. The 2 that didn’t vanish are “Move to other view” and “Create Folder”. Has anyone experienced something similar?

johnveness · April 22, 2025, 2:48pm

I notice my customised toolbar in Dolphin has just been reverted to default since upgrading to 25.04, which I suspect is similar to your issue. Not ideal.

johnandmegh · April 22, 2025, 6:35pm

For what it’s worth, it looks like those types of customizations are stored in ~/.local/share/kxmlgui5/dolphin/dolphinui.rc - if you keep home directory backups, it might be helpful to see if that file got overwritten somehow during an upgrade process?

piotrek · April 23, 2025, 7:25pm

FWIW, here’s a version I’ve backed up a month ago:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE gui SYSTEM 'kpartgui.dtd'>
<gui name="dolphin" version="41">
 <MenuBar>
  <Menu name="file">
   <Action name="new_menu"/>
   <Action name="file_new"/>
   <Action name="new_tab"/>
   <Action name="file_close"/>
   <Action name="undo_close_tab"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="add_to_places"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="renamefile"/>
   <Action name="duplicate"/>
   <Action name="movetotrash"/>
   <Action name="deletefile"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="show_target"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="properties"/>
  </Menu>
  <Menu name="edit">
   <Action name="edit_undo"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="edit_cut"/>
   <Action name="edit_copy"/>
   <Action name="copy_location"/>
   <Action name="edit_paste"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="show_filter_bar"/>
   <Action name="edit_find"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="toggle_selection_mode"/>
   <Action name="copy_to_inactive_split_view"/>
   <Action name="move_to_inactive_split_view"/>
   <Action name="edit_select_all"/>
   <Action name="invert_selection"/>
  </Menu>
  <Menu name="view">
   <Action name="view_zoom_in"/>
   <Action name="view_zoom_reset"/>
   <Action name="view_zoom_out"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="sort"/>
   <Action name="view_mode"/>
   <Action name="additional_info"/>
   <Action name="show_preview"/>
   <Action name="show_in_groups"/>
   <Action name="show_hidden_files"/>
   <Action name="act_as_admin"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="split_view_menu"/>
   <Action name="popout_split_view"/>
   <Action name="split_stash"/>
   <Action name="redisplay"/>
   <Action name="stop"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="panels"/>
   <Menu icon="edit-select-text" name="location_bar">
    <text context="@title:menu">Location Bar</text>
    <Action name="editable_location"/>
    <Action name="replace_location"/>
   </Menu>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="view_properties"/>
  </Menu>
  <Menu name="go">
   <Action name="bookmarks"/>
   <Action name="closed_tabs"/>
  </Menu>
  <Menu name="tools">
   <Action name="open_preferred_search_tool"/>
   <Action name="open_terminal"/>
   <Action name="open_terminal_here"/>
   <Action name="compare_files"/>
   <Action name="change_remote_encoding"/>
  </Menu>
 </MenuBar>
 <ToolBar name="mainToolBar" noMerge="1">
  <text context="@title:menu">Main Toolbar</text>
  <Action name="go_back"/>
  <Action name="go_forward"/>
  <Separator name="separator_1"/>
  <Action name="icons"/>
  <Action name="compact"/>
  <Action name="details"/>
  <Action name="url_navigators"/>
  <Action name="split_view"/>
  <Action name="split_stash"/>
  <Action name="toggle_search"/>
  <Action name="hamburger_menu"/>
 </ToolBar>
 <State name="new_file">
  <disable>
   <Action name="edit_undo"/>
   <Action name="edit_redo"/>
   <Action name="edit_cut"/>
   <Action name="renamefile"/>
   <Action name="movetotrash"/>
   <Action name="deletefile"/>
   <Action name="invert_selection"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="go_back"/>
   <Action name="go_forward"/>
  </disable>
 </State>
 <State name="has_selection">
  <enable>
   <Action name="invert_selection"/>
  </enable>
 </State>
 <State name="has_no_selection">
  <disable>
   <Action name="delete_shortcut"/>
   <Action name="invert_selection"/>
  </disable>
 </State>
 <ActionProperties scheme="Default">
  <Action name="compact" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="details" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="edit_copy" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="edit_cut" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="edit_paste" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="go_back" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="go_forward" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="go_home" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="go_up" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="icons" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="stop" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="toggle_filter" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="toggle_search" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="view_zoom_in" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="view_zoom_out" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="view_zoom_reset" priority="0"/>
 </ActionProperties>
 <ActionProperties scheme="Total Commander">
  <Action name="deletefile" shortcut="Shift+Del"/>
  <Action name="edit_copy" shortcut="Ctrl+C"/>
  <Action name="edit_cut" shortcut="Ctrl+X"/>
  <Action name="edit_paste" shortcut="Ctrl+V"/>
  <Action name="movetotrash" shortcut="Del"/>
  <Action name="renamefile" shortcut="Shift+F6"/>
  <Action name="view_redisplay" shortcut="Ctrl+R"/>
  <Action name="new_tab" shortcut="Ctrl+T"/>
 </ActionProperties>
</gui>

and here after the recent upgrade:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE gui SYSTEM 'kpartgui.dtd'>
<gui name="dolphin" version="42">
 <MenuBar>
  <Menu name="file">
   <Action name="new_menu"/>
   <Action name="file_new"/>
   <Action name="new_tab"/>
   <Action name="file_close"/>
   <Action name="undo_close_tab"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="add_to_places"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="renamefile"/>
   <Action name="duplicate"/>
   <Action name="movetotrash"/>
   <Action name="deletefile"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="show_target"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="properties"/>
  </Menu>
  <Menu name="edit">
   <Action name="edit_undo"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="edit_cut"/>
   <Action name="edit_copy"/>
   <Action name="copy_location"/>
   <Action name="edit_paste"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="show_filter_bar"/>
   <Action name="edit_find"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="toggle_selection_mode"/>
   <Action name="copy_to_inactive_split_view"/>
   <Action name="move_to_inactive_split_view"/>
   <Action name="edit_select_all"/>
   <Action name="invert_selection"/>
  </Menu>
  <Menu name="view">
   <Action name="view_zoom_in"/>
   <Action name="view_zoom_reset"/>
   <Action name="view_zoom_out"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="sort"/>
   <Action name="view_mode"/>
   <Action name="additional_info"/>
   <Action name="show_preview"/>
   <Action name="show_in_groups"/>
   <Action name="show_hidden_files"/>
   <Action name="act_as_admin"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="split_view_menu"/>
   <Action name="popout_split_view"/>
   <Action name="split_stash"/>
   <Action name="redisplay"/>
   <Action name="stop"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="panels"/>
   <Menu icon="edit-select-text" name="location_bar">
    <text context="@title:menu">Location Bar</text>
    <Action name="editable_location"/>
    <Action name="replace_location"/>
   </Menu>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="view_properties"/>
  </Menu>
  <Menu name="go">
   <Action name="bookmarks"/>
   <Action name="closed_tabs"/>
  </Menu>
  <Menu name="tools">
   <Action name="open_preferred_search_tool"/>
   <Action name="open_terminal"/>
   <Action name="open_terminal_here"/>
   <Action name="compare_files"/>
   <Action name="change_remote_encoding"/>
  </Menu>
 </MenuBar>
 <ToolBar name="mainToolBar" noMerge="1">
  <text context="@title:menu">Main Toolbar</text>
  <Action name="go_back"/>
  <Action name="go_forward"/>
  <Separator name="separator_1"/>
  <Action name="icons"/>
  <Action name="compact"/>
  <Action name="details"/>
  <Action name="url_navigators"/>
  <Action name="split_view"/>
  <Action name="split_stash"/>
  <Action name="toggle_search"/>
  <Action name="hamburger_menu"/>
 </ToolBar>
 <State name="new_file">
  <disable>
   <Action name="edit_undo"/>
   <Action name="edit_redo"/>
   <Action name="edit_cut"/>
   <Action name="renamefile"/>
   <Action name="movetotrash"/>
   <Action name="deletefile"/>
   <Action name="invert_selection"/>
   <Separator/>
   <Action name="go_back"/>
   <Action name="go_forward"/>
  </disable>
 </State>
 <State name="has_selection">
  <enable>
   <Action name="invert_selection"/>
  </enable>
 </State>
 <State name="has_no_selection">
  <disable>
   <Action name="delete_shortcut"/>
   <Action name="invert_selection"/>
  </disable>
 </State>
 <ActionProperties scheme="Default">
  <Action name="compact" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="details" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="edit_copy" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="edit_cut" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="edit_paste" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="go_back" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="go_forward" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="go_home" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="go_up" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="icons" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="stop" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="toggle_filter" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="toggle_search" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="view_zoom_in" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="view_zoom_out" priority="0"/>
  <Action name="view_zoom_reset" priority="0"/>
 </ActionProperties>
 <ActionProperties scheme="Total Commander">
  <Action name="new_tab" shortcut="Ctrl+T"/>
  <Action name="file_close" shortcut="Ctrl+W"/>
 </ActionProperties>
</gui>

Honestly, it’s a classic “data loss” situation. Even if it’s designed this way (which I think is extremely poor design) it should never happen without user consent.