Moved to using KDE recently and it’s everything I’ve ever wanted in aesthetics and customization. Unfortunately, dolphin doesn’t refresh when files are moved around and while I tried to accept it, I just can’t. Showing me where files are is literally the only job of a file manager.
Are there any other file managers that can take all the themes and colors in KDE? I love having a full theme but I can’t stand this manual refresh thing.
Does this happen when browsing local files or just network shares (SMB or Vs ssh) ?
Press F5 to refresh.
My dolphin takes ~0.5 seconds, I don’t really see any problem, but, if you want try something PCMan file manager updated instantly, I just don’t like the icons but it’s up for you.
If it helps I’m running Kubuntu 26.04 LTS
PS: “Files” by “The Gnome Project” has better icons and UX and updates instantly-
Are you using btrfs by any chance? I think copy-on-write can sometimes cause delays in Dolphin. Mine doesn’t always update the free disk space right away when I delete a file, for example.
I have the same issue on all four machines that use Dolphin. I’ve accepted having to hit F5 to refresh and I’m not looking to switch file managers, but if there is a fix I’d love to implement it!
Try Krusader for a different KDE file manager. I quite like how it looks but don’t use it regularly.
Is it only happening with folders that are or have symlinks?
I’m not sure how to tell? It happens with any media I move, either on my computer or through sftp.
