[dolphin] [Bug 509427] New: Executing file actions without having to manually select a file

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509427

            Bug ID: 509427
           Summary: Executing file actions without having to manually
                    select a file
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
      Version First unspecified
       Reported In:
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: bugs.kde.org at nohus.eu
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

In Dolphin, in order to rename a file by pressing F2, or copy a file with
Ctrl+C, you first need to select a file to be the target of that operation.
This means that it's a 2-step operation: you need to click the file, and then
use the desired shortcut. In single-click mode in particular, this is a more
involved process, as you either need to aim for the smaller select button, or
have to use Ctrl+click to select the file first.

Other file managers allow to streamline this by automatically selecting the
file under the cursor (with a slight delay). That way you can just point at a
file and press F2 to rename, no additional actions necessary. This is how it
works in Windows Explorer when in single-click mode, in Thunar, and some other
file managers, but Dolphin lacks this feature.

And alternative solution that would also achieve the same outcome would be to
target file actions to the file under the cursor when no file is selected.
Currently this enables the Selection Mode, but there could be a setting to
instead just apply the action to the currently hovered file.

I would be happy with either solution, but there might be other factors I'm not
seeing yet that make one better than the other.

This feature request comes from a thread on the KDE Discuss:
https://discuss.kde.org/t/select-on-hover-in-dolphin/31489
The thread has some additional discussion about this.

Thank you.

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