[dolphin] [Bug 453700] dolphin in detailed view open files and folders also if I click elsewhere on the line not only on the filename

[Felix Ernst]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453700

--- Comment #10 from Felix Ernst <fe.a.ernst at gmail.com> ---
>I can no longer copy or cut a file and paste it using the context menu
>unless the dolphin window contains empty space below the last file/directory.
>Where the window is filled with a list of files or directories, the context menu
>when clicked on a line that contains a file does not contain an option to paste
>the file. When clicked on a line that contains a directory the option to paste is
>there but the file is pasted into the directory on the clicked line instead of the
>directory being viewed.

This part is not a design decision but a bug. I opened a merge request that
should fix this: https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/399 –
Thanks for letting us know.

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I agree with most of what Nate said. Drag and Drop might be something we should
change so dropping on top of an empty row drops the item on the view area and
only dropping on top of a folder icon or name would drop inside the folder.
This could be made clear by clearly highlighting the folder that receives the
files.

I am also not sure yet if having a setting for this is the right decision. I am
not aware of a downside that seems exclusive to single-click mode but it is of
course true that clicking a row used to deselect items and now counts as a
click on the item which should be similarly unexpected for single-click users
and double-click users (but the result is worse for single-click users). I am
testing the potential regressions myself currently by exclusively using Details
view mode in single-click mode and even hiding all extra side padding.

This certainly leads to slightly different usage patterns because I can hardly
use the side padding for drag and drop or deselecting. The most prominent
change in behaviour for me is that I don't bother clearing the selection
anymore if only one item is selected. There is also no reason for me to ever
clear the selection other than a feeling that one doesn't want a file to be
selected.

>I found you can click on the empty space right of the file name and drag a few pixels,
>it creates a selection rectangle and it will select that file (sure it requires some additional effort).

This was also the old way of selecting singular files in single-click mode so
this hasn't changed.

> You can also keep CTRL keyboard key before clicking on the file
>(not required when dragging to select several files).

One used to need to Ctrl+click the file's icon or text to select it. Now
Ctrl+clicking the same row works.

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