Created attachment 48705 [details] Screenshot of directory state after step 4. Version: unspecified OS: Linux If Dolphin is showing a directory with only one item in it, and that item is in the "half-selected" state (see screenshot), then it is impossible to use the arrow keys to select it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: In Dolphin: 1. Create an empty folder and enter it. 2. Create a single file. 3. Select the file. 4. Click in empty space to change it to "half-selected," or underlined state. 5. Try to use arrow keys to select it again. Actual Results: Nothing happens in step 5. Expected Results: The file is selected in step 5. OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.32-24-preempt Compiler: cc
*** Bug 244881 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Using arrow keys the file is not selectable, but you can select it with spacebar.
P.S: if you're browsing the FS using only the keyboard, when you open a directory with one file, this file is automatically selected.
FiNeX: You say when you're browsing the FS using only the keyboard and then open a directory with one file, that this file is automatically selected. I can't confirm this behaviour on KDE 4.4.92. However if I enter a folder with one file using only the keyboard, I can then select the file using the arrow keys.
Really? That's not good. I will have to install KDE 4.5 to do some further tests. Thanks for your feedback :-)
Just a note, the problem occurs when the file is in a state that I have named "half-selected". This is when the filename is underlined, but the file does not have the blue box around it. Probably the most common case where this comes up is when you delete a file, and the file before it becomes half-selected.
*** Bug 253138 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The same issue is for Konqueror.
pressing space will select that file, or you can press right then left arrow to select that file.
Left and right arrow keys do not do anything. This bug is specifically about the case where the directory has exactly *one* item in it. Since there is nothing else to switch to, the arrow keys have no effect at all. Since the arrow keys are the typical way to select items using the keyboard, it would be nice if they worked for this special case as well. Space seems to work, though.
I just checked it using dolphin 2.0. In that "half-selected" state, pressing any arrow key will select the only item.