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

[Johannes Schmidt]

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

--- Comment #14 from Johannes Schmidt <johannes-schmidt at dorsai.eu> ---
The biggest issue is that it's very unintuitive to have no empty space in the
view that doesn't cause an action on drop or click.

For example, I used to click into the empty space to select the view (in split
mode) for toolbar commands or to sync the terminal directory. Now, after some
adjustment period I found that I can click the scroll bar if the directory list
is full.

Similarly drag&drop works same as before by dropping on the column headers
instead of directly into the pane. It works and I'm starting to get used to it,
but it sure as hell isn't intuitive. It took me a few seconds of trial and
error to find some surface I can use to get my file where it should.

Adding to the unintuitiveness of these weird usage patterns that this behavior
encourages, there is also the inconsistency. For example, when clicking to the
left of a file, an unfolded directory tree, or exactly between the arrows, that
space still seems to have the old behavior where a click doesn't select the
line. I've caught myself a few times unfolding a directory just to have a
reliable space to click into.

So while I would much prefer the old behavior back, I would also happily settle
for a consistent, less unintuitive compromise.

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