[patch needs help] Experiments on konqui/kiconview file selection.

[Unai Garro]

Heh, thanks to Kevin for pointing out that held() isn't the signal that's 
meant to be used in this case (since held is used on drag n' drop)

On Saturday 28 August 2004 11:48, Unai Garro wrote:
> The attatched file is a small kiconview patch for kdelibs/kdeui.
>
> It tries to make it easy to select a file  when working in single-click
> file-open mode (default). The idea is very simple. When the mouse is over,
> it shows a file handle (just a box for now), where you can click to select
> file.
>
> The iconview emits a held() signal instead of a executed() signal whenever
> the mouse click goes inside the box.
>
> What I can't figure out is why konqui sometimes just ignores this held()
> signal and opens the file/folder instead. Anyone can tell? I'm a bit lost
> looking at all konq_iconviewfoo files, kparts and other.
>
> Btw, feel free to test the patch, but as you can see it's a little bit
> buggy right now
>
>  Unai