Split View in dolphin usability issue

[Todd]

On Jan 7, 2013 1:44 PM, "Daniel Kreuter" <daniel.kreuter85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> Am 07.01.2013 13:21 schrieb "Frank Reininghaus" <frank78ac at googlemail.com
>:
>
> >
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > thanks for your message!
> >
> > 2013/1/7 Daniel Kreuter:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > While using the split view in dolphin I found a strange behavior
where I
> > > don't know if this is the way it should behave.
> > > When I'm finished using the split view I would expect the currently
active
> > > half to become the new single view but just the opposite is the case.
> > > I would like to change this behavior so that the effect the user gets
isn't
> > > surprising or annoying.
> > >
> > > Is there anyone else who would like to see this change in dolphin? If
so i
> > > will start working on it.
> >
> > I understand that one might often want to keep the active view, rather
> > than the other one. However, a quick Bugzilla search did not yield any
> > indication that the current behaviour is a problem for many users.
> >
> > On the other hand, any behaviour change is likely to break workflows
> > that people got used to (does anyone remember what happened after the
> > automatic resizing in the Places Panel was disabled [1] ?). Therefore,
> > I think that it might be better not to change it.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Frank
> >
> > [1] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301959
>
> Maybe I can introduce a new setting for this change so the user can
decide which behavior suits his needs. The default would be the old
behavior.
>
> I will create a feature request on bko later when I'm at home.
>
> Greetings,
> Daniel

I am not sure a setting is necessary, another toolbar button with the
alternative functionality would probably be sufficient.
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