Hi there,
did some of you notice that it is really hard to rename a file in dolphin file browser?
If I mark a file and hit F2, I am able to rename the file. But if I hit RETURN, my edits are gone and the file name stays just the same as it was…
I need to do this 2-4 times in order to have a new file name.
Is it only me?
I don’t have this problem in my machine. I can rename perfectly in the tree view.
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260213
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.9-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Regards
mine is:
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.9-arch1-2 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1235U
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.1 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
I have this happened several times lately, it’s very annoying. I’m on my phone atm so can’t post version but I’m on CachyOS so latest version.
Is that a really old laptop with old i913 graphics? I have a old Skylake Dell Insprion 7559 that sometimes is nearly impossible to use for mouse related operations. I don’t think much can be done, it’s something about that old Intel graphics. I’ve just upgraded from KDE 6.5.5 to 6.6.0 so I’ll try to see if it continues.
Happened to me too, me previous comment:
Only when I use the search function of dolphin and (try to) rename the file(s) found I have seen a very similar effect, but at the second try to rename I usually get a “file does not exist” error.
As search in dolphin is broken beyond believe, never posted about that here because there are already other posts stating exactly that, it continues to find the old in reality no longer existing file names worst case even several minutes after the renaming but not the new one.
Browsing my “home” folders with dolphin normally and renaming files, just tested with and without minuses (not sure if i even have specific other dashes on my keyboard), no issues here with a similar setup, ext4 though.
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.9-arch1-2 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 32 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
F2 highlights the filename up to the extension, and Enter fixes the new filename in place…
I tested it also with a folder, no problems there either…
However, as another user chimed in - you cropped your visual very tightly and hid the context.
I didn’t try to rename a folder from the search… and that is definitely not as smooth sailing.
So make a folder ‘renametest’ and then cd home… Ctrl_F finds it, but F2 appears to fail renaming.
The second attempt displays ‘folder does not exist’ implying that it was renamed, but the search display is not updated.
Returning to the directory, we see the new filename was entered.
Don’t try renaming from the results of a search, it’s not robust.
Try to be a bit more thorough when posting an issue - otherwise all kinds of misinterpretations occur.You need to be more specific about how to create your issue.
I am not doing it from search bar. It happens with folders and files, and it does not seem to be related to dashes in filenames…
And how about if you create a new USER, log into that, and try again?
I have sometimes the same problem. It is still possible rename files, but sometimes (quite often), you have to re-do the same command several times.
I have kde neon
Operating System: KDE neon User Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-14-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (5,2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
For me it started a few weeks ago, but I put it on hold because I didn’t find any info online at the time and I hoped a pattern will emerge. Sadly, it didn’t.
I get random rename failures only in Dolphin (select file > press F2 / select Rename from the context menu > edit name > press Enter > your edit vanishes and the name is unmodified).
I was able to get the failure in Dolphin, rename it in PCManFM-Qt, rename it back, and still get the rename failing in Dolphin. Really annoying.
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.68-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i3-4170 CPU @ 3.70GHz
Memory: 17 GB of RAM (16.7 GB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730/PCIe/SSE2
Still happening after update:
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.12.73-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i3-4170 CPU @ 3.70GHz
Memory: 17 GB of RAM (16.7 GB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730/PCIe/SSE2
Didn’t occur to me to look at the file system type until reading this thread. This one and the ones I remember were on ext4. I’ll keep an eye for issues on ntfs and btfrs, although I’m not using those nearly as much.
hmm.. yes, my 3 machines (home, work, laptop) have this issue and they all run ext4
Well, it just happened on ntfs.
People are talking about filesystem, but on ext4 it never happened to me except renaming from search…
So all we have is a bunch of folks saying ‘me too’ and a bunch of others saying ‘not me’. Meanwhile this issue seems overall to be extremely limited, not affecting many folks at all.
Maybe they should also post their locale details, might it be related in some way?
I have the exact same issue. This happens for me at least on btrfs and ntfs-3g locally and also on remote-fs via e.g. samba.
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.9-arch1-2 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Graphics Processor 2: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Manufacturer: ASRock
Product Name: X670E PG Lightning
I don’t know why locale was suggested, but I changed all locale parameters to `en_US.UTF-8` and it stil happens.
Also, I’m not sure how limited is this. Considering that it happens randomly and my first reaction was to check the keyboard, and the second reaction was to wait for some KDE team magic, I suspect there are more that are still pondering what to do.
Because I can’t make it happen with GB locale, the only way I can invoke it is to rename a search result.
I can’t say if it’s my keyboard failing or an issue, but It’s happening to me too, regardless of the filesystem, and it’s inconsistent. Renaming by right clicking is fine, but using the shortcut “F2” can sometimes make it not rename. I figured out that you can replicate this issue by pressing F2 when you’re already renaming a file, making it roll back to it’s previous name. I think this is an intended feature, because if you press F2 twice while renaming, it will rename the file as expected. Maybe it’s a visual bug where the renaming box should disappear when you press F2 again, but it’s not?