[dolphin] [Bug 465447] Make the Selection Mode optional

[Felix Ernst]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465447

--- Comment #3 from Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> ---
I am against this because we have no reason to assume that this would be an
improvement. On the contrary, we have to assume that most users will be happy
about having the space key trigger a mac-like QuickLook feature instead (which
is also triggered with Space on Mac AFAIK). Until that feature is implemented,
the Space key can be used to instead toggle the selection mode.

There is also no reason to assume that many users are annoyed by keyboard
shortcuts like Ctrl+C or Ctrl+X triggering the selection mode, because this
used to have no effect when no item is selected, which is equally if not more
confusing than showing a bar that asks them what items they were trying to act
on.

Now to the reddit polls. Even if we ignore that reddit isn't representative of
our user base at all and might vote against their best interest:

>https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/10tm5jz/do_you_use_selection_mode_in_dolphin/

A poll showing that 2/3 aren't using selection mode is useless because the
feature hasn't arrived at the majority of our user base yet. It is also a new
and completely optional feature so there is no reason to assume users that will
use it eventually have already started using.

>https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/10tovgu/spacebar_behavior_in_dolphin/

This poll is useless because it claims that the Space key used to toggle the
selection, but that never was the case. It only ever selected the current item.

>I'm sure you would never go for that.

I would also consider marking Popov's bug reports as "WORKS FOR ME" because of
passive aggressive comments like this or in
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463048. I also didn't see him getting
persuaded by anything yet which makes me think that he will keep arguing in
favour of whatever he is proposing no matter if it is factually in the best
interest of our users/software or not.

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