Bug 409118

Summary: Long press context menu on touchscreen not working
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Störm Poorun <ict>
Component: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: bugseforuns, casualsnek, elvis.angelaccio, me, vakondvilmos
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 19.04.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Störm Poorun 2019-06-24 08:48:01 UTC 
SUMMARY

Dolphin does not support touchscreens well.

Touchscreen users cannot easily or reliably access the context menu for a folder or file in Dolphin.

Currently, when the user tries to long press a file or folder icon to access the context menu:

- if they press the filename they can edit the name (understandably)

- if they press the icon nothing happens, sometimes after a long wait the context menu appears, but this is hit-and-miss, unreliable and unintuitive.

[User expects (in line with common protocol in other apps):

1) 1 finger tap to select
2) 1 finger double tap icon to open
3) 1 finger swipe to multi select
4) 2 finger swipe to scroll
5) 2 fingers pinch to zoom
6) 1 finger long press to get context menu]
Comment 1 Patrick Silva 2021-04-14 14:44:13 UTC 
I can open context menu with long press at least on Wayland session.

Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.82.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 2 aristsakas 2026-01-12 13:05:41 UTC 
*** Bug 438551 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 aristsakas 2026-01-12 13:06:00 UTC 
*** Bug 461238 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 aristsakas 2026-01-12 13:06:10 UTC 
*** Bug 458425 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 aristsakas 2026-01-12 13:06:19 UTC 
*** Bug 441419 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***