I have a directory which is filled up with lots of saved html files, + some .pdf, .txt, .ps etc. It has been a while since I browsed this directory so I can’t say when the following started. The problem is that when I browse this folder with Dolphin, and hover the mouse pointer over the files, a dialogue box will appear asking for which application to open this file with (as if I clicked on a unknown file). And this will continue over and over again if I continue to hover the mouse pointer over the files, new boxes will continue to pop-up.
When I look at the processes running/starting I see that lots of kio-file processes starts during the Dolphin session.
I also had a look at file permission and found that several files were marked as executable. I don’t know if that could be an issue, however, is it any point in having .html/pdf … files executable under any circumstances?
When I browse the directory with konqueror nothing is triggered, and all seems normal.
I found out that enabling or disabling the Information panel: (dolphin) View > Panels > Information (or F11) makes the difference. Having the Information panel enabled makes kdeinit4 fire up lots of kio_file processes (in the scenario described above), and the dialogue boxes appear. Disabling the Information panel, and none of this happens.
I have recently upgraded from kde 4.5.4 which behaved similar. Whether 4.3.5 (default) behaved without flaws I can’t remember.
I also had a look at file permission and found that several files were marked as executable. I don’t know if that could be an issue, however, is it any point in having .html/pdf … files executable under any circumstances?
I’m a bit curious, do you now if the text files should be like this: (permission) 755. Everyone has executable permission. Would anyone/any program want/need to run e.g. a .pdf or a .html file?
A hypothetical conclusion perhaps, but it seem like the issue is related to directories containing html files with a matching folder that contains images and elements saved alongside the html file initially. I remember that this was the way html files were saved from web with konqueror on kde3.(Sorry if this was a bit unclear)
In any case, browsing dirs which contains newly saved html files does not make dolphin (so far) behave oddly with or without the info panel enabled.
And I should mention that I have tried your suggestions caf.
Permissions can vary, depending on the files origins. But 755 is normal I think. And I’m pretty sure, in Gnome, when click a .txt file it asks you what to do based on the file being executable.
Did you test a new user?
If it’s the same with that, then something is amiss because I do not have this strange behaviour.
I just upgraded my second computer, copied the directory over and ran a test. Same problem there as well, must be something strange with one or several of the elements in that dir.
Maybe it’s a setting in a .directory file that dolphin creates?
This would explain why konqueror doesn’t have this problem and why it happens on multiply computer.
I actually think it has to do with the old html files . Not just one but several. I have not managed to have dolphin behave this way if I create a dir, download some websites and browse in that place.
