[dolphin] [Bug 462779] Cannot open the context menu with a touchscreen

[Felix Ernst]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462779

--- Comment #3 from Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> ---
Yes, this is a downside I mentioned early in development. This is also a reason
why I didn't change what happens on long-press in the fundamental selection
mode merge request. It was later added/changed in
https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/commit/71ea4a88d890949500d05aa21839ad93ec6bdb1d.

I discussed the pros and cons of changing long-press to invoke the selection
mode instead of opening a context menu in
https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/273#note_442189. I was
hesitant about this.

As it stands now though, this is the intended new behaviour. The old behaviour
didn't (really) allow multi-selection of a curated subset of files in a folder
by touch alone. The new behaviour forces users to find for example the "Paste"
action in the hamburger menu or menu bar instead of invoking it through a
context menu that appears on long-press. I hope this is somewhat alleviated by
a new workflow that was also introduced. One can now press "Copy…" even when no
files are selected. If this functionality is used, "Paste" can be used from the
bottom bar after pressing "Copy […]" on that bottom bar.

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