[dolphin] [Bug 451536] New: Selection by typing should start from current selected item

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451536

            Bug ID: 451536
           Summary: Selection by typing should start from current selected
                    item
           Product: dolphin
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: view-engine: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: tustamido at yahoo.com.br
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Let's say I want to open a file named "image". But current folder also has a
subfolder with the same name. If I type "ima", the folder will be selected
because it comes first. Because of that, for me to select the file using
keyboard I need to press "i" multiple times, which may be unfeasible depending
of the number of items in the folder.

I recently moved from Windows where I can bypass this by selecting any item
after the folder I want to skip. Two ways (default sorting order, i.e. by name
and folders first):

- I type "ima", so "image" folder is selected. Then I press down arrow key to
select next item, then I type "ima" again and now the file "image" is selected,
because selection by typing in Windows Explorer starts from current selected
item.

- I manually click an item below "image" folder to skip it, so I type "ima" and
the file "image" is selected as desired.

The issue is: Dolphin doesn't support starting from current selected item, so
the two ways above doesn't work. It always selects from the top, no matter
which item is currently selected.

Currently, the best workaround is to use Filter (Ctrl+I), but it's not as
comfortable, as I need to press a shortcut, then Enter to return focus to list,
and after it's done I need to press Ctrl+I again plus Esc to reset filter.

Dolphin 21.12.3.

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