[dolphin] [Bug 454438] New: No option to turn off the default full row selection

[John]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454438

            Bug ID: 454438
           Summary: No option to turn off the default full row selection
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 22.04.1
          Platform: Neon Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: view-engine: details mode
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: ilikefoss at waterisgone.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
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No option to turn off the default full row selection in Details view mode
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Dolphin
2. Click anywhere, but not directly on a folder or file

OBSERVED RESULT
With the default Clicking files or folders set to open them, the folder on that
row will be open and we'll move inside or the file will be open.
This is really annoying as it leads to too many mistakes!
Plus I can never switch family and friends to Linux with KDE Plasma if it comes
with these kind of defaults with no options to turn them off.


EXPECTED RESULT
Don't do anything if I haven't clicked directly on that folder or file so it
would be better if it weren't enabled by default.
Another think that I expect is for such a feature to have an option in
Dolphin's configuration window to enable it when we are ready for it or if we
already have similar experience
At the moment I have switched "Clicking files or folders" to just select them
as that was annoying on its own, but now combined with this feature too makes
every unusable as there's no place where I can click safely without something
unexpectedly open
It mitigates the problem, but still want this to be off by default or at least
have an option to turn it off myself.
Also an intermediate option for the selection to have the same width as the
name column instead of spanning over all the columns would be nice.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95
Qt Version: 5.15.4

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
From: neon-testing-20220524-1822.iso + updates from Discover

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