Fix drag & drop issues with non-local URLs

BUG: 292821
BUG: 292355
FIXED-IN: 4.8.1

src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp

@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ void DolphinMainWindow::tabDropEvent(int tab, QDropEvent* event)
         const ViewTab& viewTab = m_viewTab[tab];
         const DolphinView* view = viewTab.isPrimaryViewActive ? viewTab.primaryView->view()
                                                               : viewTab.secondaryView->view();
-        DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(view->rootItem(), event);
+        DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(view->rootItem(), view->url(), event);
     }
 }
 

src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp

@@ -538,8 +538,7 @@ void DolphinViewContainer::slotUrlNavigatorLocationChanged(const KUrl& url)
 
 void DolphinViewContainer::dropUrls(const KUrl& destination, QDropEvent* event)
 {
-    const KFileItem destItem(KFileItem::Unknown, KFileItem::Unknown, destination);
+    DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(KFileItem(), destination, event);
-    DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(destItem, event);
 }
 
 void DolphinViewContainer::redirect(const KUrl& oldUrl, const KUrl& newUrl)

src/panels/folders/folderspanel.cpp

@@ -263,12 +263,8 @@ void FoldersPanel::slotItemDropEvent(int index, QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* eve
         KFileItemModel* model = fileItemModel();
         KFileItem destItem = model->fileItem(index);
         if (destItem.isNull()) {
-            destItem = model->rootItem();
-            if (destItem.isNull()) {
-                kWarning() << "No destination item available for drop operation.";
             return;
         }
-        }
 
         QDropEvent dropEvent(event->pos().toPoint(),
                              event->possibleActions(),
@@ -276,7 +272,7 @@ void FoldersPanel::slotItemDropEvent(int index, QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* eve
                              event->buttons(),
                              event->modifiers());
 
-        DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(destItem, &dropEvent);
+        DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(destItem, destItem.url(), &dropEvent);
     }
 }
 

src/panels/places/placespanel.cpp

@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ void PlacesPanel::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
 void PlacesPanel::slotUrlsDropped(const KUrl& dest, QDropEvent* event, QWidget* parent)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(parent);
-    const KFileItem destItem(KFileItem::Unknown, KFileItem::Unknown, dest);
+    DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(KFileItem(), dest, event);
-    DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(destItem, event);
 }
 
 void PlacesPanel::emitExtendedUrlChangedSignal(const KUrl& url)

src/views/dolphinview.cpp

@@ -809,13 +809,13 @@ void DolphinView::slotItemUnhovered(int index)
 
 void DolphinView::slotItemDropEvent(int index, QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* event)
 {
+    KUrl destUrl;
     KFileItem destItem = fileItemModel()->fileItem(index);
     if (destItem.isNull()) {
         destItem = fileItemModel()->rootItem();
-        if (destItem.isNull()) {
+        destUrl = url();
-            kWarning() << "No destination item available for drop operation.";
+    } else {
-            return;
+        destUrl = destItem.url();
-        }
     }
 
     QDropEvent dropEvent(event->pos().toPoint(),
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ void DolphinView::slotItemDropEvent(int index, QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* even
                          event->buttons(),
                          event->modifiers());
 
-    const QString error = DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(destItem, &dropEvent);
+    const QString error = DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(destItem, destUrl, &dropEvent);
     if (!error.isEmpty()) {
         emit errorMessage(error);
     }
@@ -959,12 +959,7 @@ bool DolphinView::hasSelection() const
 
 KFileItem DolphinView::rootItem() const
 {
-    KFileItem item = m_dirLister->rootItem();
+    return m_dirLister->rootItem();
-    if (item.isNull()) {
-        // The directory has not been loaded yet
-        item = KFileItem(KFileItem::Unknown, KFileItem::Unknown, url());
-    }
-    return item;
 }
 
 void DolphinView::observeCreatedItem(const KUrl& url)

src/views/draganddrophelper.cpp

@@ -28,13 +28,10 @@
 #include <QtDBus>
 #include <QDropEvent>
 
-QString DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(const KFileItem& destItem, QDropEvent* event)
+QString DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(const KFileItem& destItem, const KUrl& destUrl, QDropEvent* event)
 {
-    Q_ASSERT(!destItem.isNull());
+    if (!destItem.isNull() && !destItem.isWritable()) {
-
+        return i18nc("@info:status", "Access denied. Could not write to <filename>%1</filename>", destUrl.pathOrUrl());
-    const KUrl destination = destItem.url();
-    if (!destItem.isWritable()) {
-        return i18nc("@info:status", "Access denied. Could not write to <filename>%1</filename>", destination.pathOrUrl());
     }
 
     const QMimeData* mimeData = event->mimeData();
@@ -42,17 +39,17 @@ QString DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(const KFileItem& destItem, QDropEvent* event
         const QString remoteDBusClient = mimeData->data("application/x-kde-dndextract");
         QDBusMessage message = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall(remoteDBusClient, "/DndExtract",
                                                               "org.kde.DndExtract", "extractSelectedFilesTo");
-        message.setArguments(QVariantList() << destination.pathOrUrl());
+        message.setArguments(QVariantList() << destUrl.pathOrUrl());
         QDBusConnection::sessionBus().call(message);
     } else {
         const KUrl::List urls = KUrl::List::fromMimeData(event->mimeData());
         foreach (const KUrl& url, urls) {
-            if (url == destination) {
+            if (url == destUrl) {
                 return i18nc("@info:status", "A folder cannot be dropped into itself");
             }
         }
 
-        KonqOperations::doDrop(destItem, destination, event, QApplication::activeWindow());
+        KonqOperations::doDrop(destItem, destUrl, event, QApplication::activeWindow());
     }
 
     return QString();

src/views/draganddrophelper.h

@@ -38,12 +38,19 @@ public:
      * destination. A context menu with the options
      * 'Move Here', 'Copy Here', 'Link Here' and
      * 'Cancel' is offered to the user.
-     * @param destItem  Item of the destination.
+     * @param destItem  Item of the destination. Can be 0 (KFileItem::isNull()) if
+     *                  no file-item is available for the destination. In this case
+     *                  destUrl is used as fallback. For performance reasons it is
+     *                  recommended to pass a file-item if available.
+     * @param destUrl   URL of the item destination. Is used only if destItem::isNull()
+     *                  is true.
      * @param event     Drop event.
      * @return          Error message if dropping is not possible. If an empty string
      *                  is returned, the dropping has been successful.
      */
-    static QString dropUrls(const KFileItem& destItem, QDropEvent* event);
+    static QString dropUrls(const KFileItem& destItem,
+                            const KUrl& destUrl,
+                            QDropEvent* event);
 };
 
 #endif