[dolphin] [Bug 453700] dolphin in detailed view open files and folders also if I click elsewhere on the line not only on the filename

[Philipp Maierhöfer]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453700

--- Comment #22 from Philipp Maierhöfer <maiphi.public at gmx.net> ---
The new behaviour caused a lot of frustration to me as a single clicker. But
I'd like to suggest a compromise that avoids a configuration option and
hopefully both sides can agree on. Let's start with some reasoning.

In my opintion, a clickable area should either uniquely belong to an item in
the folder, or to the folder that contains the item.
* "belong to the item" means left click opens it, right click opens its context
menu, dropping something on it means into it, click and hold drags the item,
and hover opens the item's tooltip.
* "belong to the folder" means left click unselects selected items, right click
opens the context menu, dropping means into this folder, and click and hold
activates the rubber band selection.

Now we have an odd mixture: the entire row belongs to a list item if you click
on it, but (apart from the name) it belongs to the folder if you use the rubber
band, open the context menu or (with
https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/401) if you drop
something on it. This seems quite counterintuitive to me.

So here's my suggestion: Treat the space within the "Name" column as if it
belongs to the item with all consequences (see above), but the space within all
other columns (Size/Modified/Owner/...) as if it belongs to the folder.

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