Blender doenst show Symlinks anymore in File Browser (feddit.org)

submitted 5 months ago by RetroHax@feddit.org to c/blender@lemmy.world

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So i basically have a Symlinked Folder from another Drive on my Desktop as a Shortcut but it doesnt seem to appear at all in my Blender File Explorer sadly :(

Does anyone by chance know a Fix or do i need some Extra Estension for it? >.> Im on Blender 5.1 if it matters :P

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[-] Feyter@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I would expect, that this is nothing that blender handles and it's all handled by the OS... so naming your OS version would perhaps be more helpful.

Are you sure this problem only occurs in Blender?

Edit: if the link can be seen and opened from file browser or other applications can see and open the link, check if blender is installed as a flatpak or something similar. Flatpaks etc sometimes have different permission on file access. If the symlink is pointing to a restricted path that could be a problem.

[-] RetroHax@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago

I use the Blender Package provided by my ARch Linux Distro :P
Also unless i misremember that its only an Issue with Blenders Internal File Browser but i cant seem to active the Native File Browser like back in my Windows Days it seems :(

[-] Feyter@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

So I just tested it in my system (with Blender 5.1.1) and I can See and open symlinks with the Blender file open Dialog.

I would still assume it's a problem of how you setup your symlink or a permission issue and not a problem of blender.

[-] Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 5 months ago

Someone on Ubuntu 24 with Blender installed as snap, had a similar problem and apparently found a workaround (issue thread here)

I tested on Zorin OS 18 (so Ubuntu 24.04 i think) with Blender installed as Flatpak, symlinks seem to work without problem.

[-] RetroHax@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago

Nope sadly did not help :(
As were talking about not External Data but the Folder where the Projects .blend File is stored itself :(

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