Bug 188474

Summary:	When unsplitting the view in dolphin always closes the active view
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	P A S <p.a.s>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Peter Penz <peter.penz19>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	andydecleyre, atalanttore, karthik.periagaram, kde-2011.08, steffenjost
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Unspecified
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312834
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description P A S 2009-03-30 15:13:33 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

When working with two views on my files, I'm usually in the view I want to continue working with, when I realize, that I don't need the other view anymore.

Right now, I always have to switch to the other window in order to close it.

It would be great if you could switch the behavior of "close (F3)", so it closes always the inactive view.

Comment 1 Dotan Cohen 2009-04-25 10:54:25 UTC

See also related bug 186185, which asks for an option to close either pane.

Comment 2 Karthik Periagaram 2009-04-25 23:08:34 UTC

Would you consider marking this bug as a duplicate of 186185, which will provide a satisfactory solution to this bug as well?

Thanks!

Comment 3 Peter Penz 2010-01-07 16:10:47 UTC

*** Bug 221662 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Peter Penz 2011-12-19 09:14:37 UTC

Thanks for your suggestion, but it is not planned to change the current behavior as the number of votes (= 1) and 1 duplicate during 2 years don't indicate that a lot of users have problems with the current behavior. All actions always apply to the active view, so does "Close Split View".

Comment 5 Ettore Atalan 2012-11-12 14:45:24 UTC

It's kind of stupid when the active working view gets closed. The current behaviour is absolutely unintuitive.

Comment 6 Dotan Cohen 2012-11-12 14:52:04 UTC

> The current behaviour is absolutely unintuitive.
> 

Absolutely. There needs to be an option "close other pane(s)". This hits me about once a day or more.

Comment 7 Ettore Atalan 2012-11-12 14:57:51 UTC

Really annoying and absurd.