diff --git a/src/widgets/renamedialog.cpp b/src/widgets/renamedialog.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/renamedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/renamedialog.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
         m_destPendingPreview = false;
         m_srcPreview = nullptr;
         m_destPreview = nullptr;
+        m_srcToDestArrow = nullptr;
         m_srcArea = nullptr;
         m_destArea = nullptr;
     }
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@
     bool m_destPendingPreview;
     QLabel *m_srcPreview;
     QLabel *m_destPreview;
+    QLabel *m_srcToDestArrow;
     QScrollArea *m_srcArea;
     QScrollArea *m_destArea;
     KFileItem srcItem;
@@ -244,12 +246,15 @@
 
         d->m_srcPreview = createLabel(parent, QString());
         d->m_destPreview = createLabel(parent, QString());
+        d->m_srcToDestArrow = createLabel(parent, QString());
 
         d->m_srcPreview->setMinimumHeight(KIconLoader::SizeEnormous);
         d->m_destPreview->setMinimumHeight(KIconLoader::SizeEnormous);
+        d->m_srcToDestArrow->setMinimumHeight(KIconLoader::SizeEnormous);
 
         d->m_srcPreview->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
         d->m_destPreview->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
+        d->m_srcToDestArrow->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
 
         d->m_srcPendingPreview = true;
         d->m_destPendingPreview = true;
@@ -281,28 +286,34 @@
         QLabel *srcTitle = createLabel(parent, i18n("Source"), true);
         gridLayout->addWidget(srcTitle, ++gridRow, 0);
         QLabel *destTitle = createLabel(parent, i18n("Destination"), true);
-        gridLayout->addWidget(destTitle, gridRow, 1);
+        gridLayout->addWidget(destTitle, gridRow, 2);
 
         QLabel *srcUrlLabel = createSqueezedLabel(parent, d->src.toDisplayString(QUrl::PreferLocalFile));
         srcUrlLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::PlainText);
         gridLayout->addWidget(srcUrlLabel, ++gridRow, 0);
         QLabel *destUrlLabel = createSqueezedLabel(parent, d->dest.toDisplayString(QUrl::PreferLocalFile));
         destUrlLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::PlainText);
-        gridLayout->addWidget(destUrlLabel, gridRow, 1);
+        gridLayout->addWidget(destUrlLabel, gridRow, 2);
 
-        // The labels containing previews or icons
+
+        // The labels containing previews or icons, and an arrow icon indicating
+        // direction from src to dest
+        const int size = d->m_srcPreview->height();
+        const QPixmap pix = QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("go-next")).pixmap(size);
+        d->m_srcToDestArrow->setPixmap(pix);
         gridLayout->addWidget(d->m_srcArea, ++gridRow, 0);
-        gridLayout->addWidget(d->m_destArea, gridRow, 1);
+        gridLayout->addWidget(d->m_srcToDestArrow, gridRow, 1);
+        gridLayout->addWidget(d->m_destArea, gridRow, 2);
 
         QLabel *srcDateLabel = createDateLabel(parent, d->srcItem);
         gridLayout->addWidget(srcDateLabel, ++gridRow, 0);
         QLabel *destDateLabel = createDateLabel(parent, d->destItem);
-        gridLayout->addWidget(destDateLabel, gridRow, 1);
+        gridLayout->addWidget(destDateLabel, gridRow, 2);
 
         QLabel *srcSizeLabel = createSizeLabel(parent, d->srcItem);
         gridLayout->addWidget(srcSizeLabel, ++gridRow, 0);
         QLabel *destSizeLabel = createSizeLabel(parent, d->destItem);
-        gridLayout->addWidget(destSizeLabel, gridRow, 1);
+        gridLayout->addWidget(destSizeLabel, gridRow, 2);
 
     } else {
         // This is the case where we don't want to allow overwriting, the existing