Can't add item to Places

[Charles]

I am unable to add an additional folder under Places in Dolphin for easy access. I have tried two different methods, but I suspect the root cause may be the same.

Method A (folder does not appear under Places):

Open Dolphin, right-click on any folder, select "Add to Places".

Expected result: folder appears under Places.
Actual result: folder does not appear under Places. Additionally, the "Add to Places" entry is gone from the context menu for that folder.

Method B (folder does not persist under Places):

Open Dolphin, drag a folder to Places.

Expected result: the folder appears under Places and stays there when Dolphin is closed and then opened again.
Actual result: the folder appears under Places, but when Dolphin is closed and reopened, the folder is gone again.

I am running Kubuntu 15.04 with all updates applied. However, I can also reproduce this on the Beta 2 Live CD.

lsb_release:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 15.04
Release: 15.04
Codename: vivid

package info:

Package: dolphin
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kde
Installed-Size: 3133
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: kde-baseapps
Version: 4:14.12.3-0ubuntu3
Depends: kde-runtime, libbaloocore4 (>= 4:4.12.80), libbaloofiles4 (>= 4:4.12.80), libbaloowidgets4, libc6 (>= 2.14), libkactivities6 (>= 4.7.90), libkcmutils4 (>= 4:4.4.95), libkdecore5 (>= 4:4.4.95), libkdeui5 (>= 4:4.7.0), libkfile4 (>= 4:4.4.95), libkfilemetadata4, libkio5 (>= 4:4.10.4), libknewstuff3-4 (>= 4:4.4.0), libkonq5abi1 (>= 4:4.11.2), libkparts4 (>= 4:4.9.2), libphonon4 (>= 4:4.3.0), libplasma3 (>= 4:4.4.95), libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3), libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3), libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.8.0), libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0), libsolid4 (>= 4:4.4.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libxrender1, phonon
Recommends: konsole4-kpart, ruby
Suggests: kdesdk-dolphin-plugins
Filename: pool/universe/k/kde-baseapps/dolphin_14.12.3-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 1144792
MD5sum: f55b120df40442c4966fc819c88ad375
SHA1: e12fd9d4e1f17487942957ad570d867fec90a60f
SHA256: d02c5a84113c23e9d42bd580bedb5524f678dc9fa045924c412f63ada294ad88
Description-en: file manager
 Dolphin is the default file manager in the KDE Plasma Workspaces, intended
 to be both powerful and easy to use.
 .
 Features include:
   Customisable sidebars
   "Breadcrumb" navigation
   View properties remembered for each folder
   Split views
   Network transparency
   Undo/redo functionality
   Ratings, comments, and tags
 .
 This package is part of the KDE base applications module.
Description-md5: 5ae0dceacc2e64b4057c4d7f3ace9af9
Homepage: http://www.kde.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, kubuntu-active-desktop, kubuntu-active-full

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Antonis Kanouras (akanouras)]

Workaround:

Try using the File Open/Save dialog of any other KDE application (Kate, Gwenview, Cantor, etc.) to add/remove entries to Places. They do appear in Dolphin (still Qt4 based) but trying to delete them is ineffective.

2 more notes:
1. This bug occurs with either Plasma 5.2.2 or 5.3.0 installed.
2. Either KF4/KF5-based applications' file dialogs can manipulate Places succesfully.

By the way, this may be a Kubuntu-specific bug, as there's nothing relevant on bugs.kde.org.

[Antonis Kanouras (akanouras)]

Fixed in kde-baseapps 15.04.1, released yesterday.

See https://www.kde.org/announcements/fulllog_applications-15.04.1.php#kde-baseapps
Upstream bug is https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345174 .