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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Currently those action areas seem to be applied more widely (at least judging from what was recently added to Konsole), so this seems like a good thing to introduce. Making it contextual is even better I guess.</li>
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<p>Yes, and also header and footer areas are used more often so this does follow a general trend but I think this is a good way forward even if they weren't.</p>
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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Not sure how relevant the original topic of this task still is, but if I read it correctly, it was suggesting to have a dedicated button to enable a "selection mode" to improve single click experience. Both approaches can be implemented independently, though I guess.</li>
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<p>I added selection buttons to my mockup to stay on topic but I am really mostly here to discuss the action area. Yes, maybe it's best to discuss them somewhat independently because that's already complicated enough imo. But I think we can do this here for now.</p>
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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Personally I never liked the bottom area that much and was rather hoping to see its usage getting less than more.</li>
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<p>I used to be like that mainly because I hardly use its features. If we'll be able to show the correct size of the selected items (<a href="https://phabricator.kde.org/T13083" style="background-color: #e7e7e7;
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color: black;text-decoration: none;">T13083: Dolphin: improvements to directory size counting</a>), the status bar text together with the total current storage capacity information will be of great assistance for basic file copying between storage devices. For users that don't do that a lot it might make sense to make the bottom area hidable but let's try to figure out the default appearance first.</p>
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<li class="remarkup-list-item">In general, when making the options appear this might lead to content being either hidden or moved, probably this is worse when placing it at the top.</li>
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<p>Yes, this together with the arguments I mentioned above is why I think putting it at the bottom is better. Another argument is that one shouldn't pile up all actions at close proximity unless they share a logical connection. Putting the actions that deal with the currently selected items to the bottom and away from the more general navigation-controlling actions which are currently on the toolbar makes it easier for users to mentally group the use-cases for what they are seeing.</p></div></div><br /><div><strong>TASK DETAIL</strong><div><a href="https://phabricator.kde.org/T9895">https://phabricator.kde.org/T9895</a></div></div><br /><div><strong>To: </strong>felixernst<br /><strong>Cc: </strong>meven, felixernst, ltoscano, raddison, ndavis, clel, gregormi, elvisangelaccio, mmustac, fabianr, IlyaBizyaev, Dolphin, VDG, Gwenview, Plasma, ngraham, broulik, fabiogomes, azyx, dmenig, manueljlin, Orage, cblack, konkinartem, ian, jguidon, Ghost6, jraleigh, fbampaloukas, squeakypancakes, alexde, IohannesPetros, GB_2, trickyricky26, crozbo, firef, skadinna, aaronhoneycutt, mbohlender<br /></div>