[dolphin] [Bug 494125] Double-clicking a file *deselects* it after opening

[Felix Ernst]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494125

--- Comment #8 from Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> ---
(In reply to flan_suse from comment #7)
> Then why does *single-clicking* to open still keep the file selected?

Neither single-clicking a file in single-click mode nor double-clicking a file
in double-click mode currently selects a file.

> Why does *pressing the enter key* to open still keep the file selected?

Because in a purely keyboard workflow moving around constantly selects the
current item. You won't be able to scroll a selected item out of view simply by
using the arrow keys. This is different to how the selection is simply kept
when a user scrolls with the mouse. In a keyboard workflow it is expected that
a user always has one item selected.

> Why does this "safety feature" *only* affect double-click to open?

It does not. This is also about going up in the file system hiearchy and
single-click mode.

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