Bug 181226

Summary:	Single click for folders and double click for files
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	mathesis <net-account>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cerebralpandemics, elvis.angelaccio
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description mathesis 2009-01-18 20:24:23 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

I know that KDE offers the possibility to browse with either single clicks or double clicks.
Why not offer the possibility to browse folders with single clicks and open the files with double clicks. With such a setting, single click on file will select the file.

Comment 1 Zen 2009-02-01 11:54:22 UTC

I just noticed this behavior has changed to the worse with 4.2.
I have my system set to double click, in 4.1.3 Dolphin used to open folders from the left hand directory view with a single click, which is perfectly logical since multiple folders can't be selected there anyway. With 4.2 I need to either double click to open folders (which not only shows them in the right hand view but also unfolds them on the left, no way to just show their content without unfolding) or set the global single click option.

This is pretty annoying, please revert it to the old behavior.

Comment 2 Peter Penz 2009-02-01 12:36:25 UTC

@Zen: I agree that this is no nice behavior for the folders panel (-> it is a regression) and I'll fix this for KDE 4.2.1. But the original request is a little bit different and I'll fix the regression out of scope of this wishlist item...

Comment 3 Peter Penz 2009-02-01 15:08:47 UTC

SVN commit 919648 by ppenz:

Replace patch for bug 181226 by a different approach, as the previous patch resulted in a changed behavior when using the double-click mode (-> a treeview item had to be pressed twice to show it in the main view).

CCBUG: 172360
CCBUG: 181226

 M  +12 -1     folderspanel.cpp  
 M  +3 -0      folderspanel.h  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=919648

Comment 4 Peter Penz 2009-02-01 15:12:56 UTC

SVN commit 919653 by ppenz:

Backport of SVN commit 919648 for KDE 4.2.1: Replace patch for bug 172360 by a different approach, as the previous patch resulted in a changed behavior when using the double-click mode (-> a treeview item had to be pressed twice to show it in the main view).

CCBUG: 172360
CCBUG: 181226

PS: in the commit comment for trunk I accidently mixed the numbers 172360 and 181226 in the resolution description

 M  +12 -1     treeviewsidebarpage.cpp  
 M  +3 -0      treeviewsidebarpage.h  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=919653

Comment 5 Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) 2012-08-24 16:18:37 UTC

Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719

Comment 6 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-07-20 17:06:51 UTC

No one else voted for this wish in years. We cannot add new options unless there is a really good reason to (see https://userbase.kde.org/Dolphin#Options).