This is the designed-in behavior, not a bug, so I'm setting importance to wishlist. Not rejecting it because I don't know a better way to track the response of users to this change than to track reported bugs. It works in gtk apps too, presumably, because Gnome has supported this feature since long before KDE implemented it.
** Changed in: kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- [edgy] Can't show root (/) in gtk file chooser after update to edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/67314 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs