[dolphin] [Bug 452273] New full-row highlight effect makes some tasks more difficult

[Felix Ernst]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452273

--- Comment #7 from Felix Ernst <fe.a.ernst at gmail.com> ---
>Oh, that's right! I only realize that now. So I guess we can agree it's not very intuitive.
>Although now after you told me this I'm annoyed by the "empty" space on the left
>and I don't know how I didn't see it before hahaha

In the 22.03.80 Beta version you tested, the padding was way narrower and not
resizable. You might have had a better time if you hadn't been affected by a
regressions causing this. The regression has been fixed (through a revert) for
22.03.90.

>By the way, the padding column is broken when the view is configured so that folders are expandable.

I believe this is fixed in the Release Candidate 22.03.90 already by the same
revert mentioned above.

>1. Add one option to choose the behavior, so users can go back to previous behavior.
>Maybe it would make sense to only use this new mode in "tablet mode" and leave it as it is in "normal" mode.

We have mapped out the required differences in usage of the new behaviour
compared to the old and came to the conclusion that the biggest downside of the
new behaviour is that users will have to come to terms with the changed click
behaviour. This is a disruption that I understand some users will be upset
about but there are still ways to do everything with similar efficiency as
before. That's why having an option for this which then has to be maintained
indefinitely was rejected.

>2. Allow to configure the position of the "column padding".
>For me (and most users), I think it would be more intuitive and easy to use to have
>that  column between the name column and any additional ones (size, type, modifed, etc.).
>In this way, you benefit more homogeneous areas to select folders (no matter the name length),
>but you still have plenty of area to unselect with click, drag and drop, etc.

This seems quite unintuitive to me since one would now have an area that can't
be used to click a file/folder in between areas that can be used to click them.
Having the area to deselect at the side leads to a clear separation of spaces
and responsibilities. I might have misunderstood you if you were meaning to say
that the selection area should span the whole name column.

In any case I created a merge request to resolve this bug report that also adds
padding to the right end of the view. This has a number of benefits:
- The right margin is more discoverable since the item highlight ends right
before the padding column
- Less mouse travel time to reach either of the areas
- More than double the likelihood of users figuring out the advantages of these
padding areas for deselecting or dropping
- More visual symmetry

Link to MR: https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/374

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