[dolphin] [Bug 454438] No option to turn off the default full row selection

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454438

--- Comment #3 from Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> ---
We don't copy Windows or macOS for the sake of copying them; see
https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Design/Lessons_Learned#Copying_other_platforms

Let's focus on the problems that are being caused here.


> Sometimes I want to select some folders or files that happen to have longer names than the others
> so I use the trick of dragging the mouse and making the normal multi-selection rectangle, but I drag
> it left so that it just touches the folders or files that have the longer names and stop immediately to
> not go further and select also the others.
> I see that this is still possible in the compact view mode, but my favorite view mode is the Details one
> which I use almost all the time and it's exactly the one that is affected
This is still possible in Details view. You can click and drag from anywhere
that's not the filename or icon, and it will start a box selection.

> I see that there is some space on the right too, when the window is in fullscreen mode.
> When it's tiled to the right half screen there's no empty space left on the right
Yes, when there's not much horizontal space and the view has to become
scrollable, the empty space is only visible on the left. This is intentional,
but shouldn't be a problem because there is some empty space there.

> And another problem that I can notice even in fullscreen mode, is that if you resize for whatever reason the "Modified"
> column or > whatever column is last until it touches the right edge, then the empty space on the right side disappears.
Ditto.

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are on the CC list for the bug.