Bug 436426

Summary:	Files category is limited to only home folder and it allows only single click navigation mode
Product:	[Applications] Elisa	Reporter:	medin <med.medin.2014>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Matthieu Gallien <matthieu_gallien>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	21.04.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description medin 2021-04-30 21:31:16 UTC

1) It would great to be able to browser folders outside home in Files category.
2) Even if I set double click to open folders in Plasma settings, Files category still uses single click mode to open folders.

Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.81.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.4.112-1-MANJARO
OS Type: 64-bit
Graphics Platform: X11

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-05-03 19:54:12 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 420895 ***

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2021-05-03 19:55:47 UTC

FWIW there is no reason to respect your choice to use double-click because there is nothing (other than opening) that you can do with a single-clicked-selected item. You can't cut, copy, or paste it, delete it, perform actions on it, etc. Being able to access these actions more easily is the reason why double-click exists. Since there are no such actions, double-click does not make sense for them. They are basically just buttons, not actual files or folders.

Comment 3 medin 2021-05-03 20:41:21 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> FWIW there is no reason to respect your choice to use double-click because
> there is nothing (other than opening) that you can do with a
> single-clicked-selected item. You can't cut, copy, or paste it, delete it,
> perform actions on it, etc. Being able to access these actions more easily
> is the reason why double-click exists. Since there are no such actions,
> double-click does not make sense for them. They are basically just buttons,
> not actual files or folders.

I know double click has no meaning in this case, but it's just to keep user experience the same in all Plasma apps by respecting single/double property set in Plasma setting.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2021-05-03 20:42:50 UTC

There are times when consistency is nonsensical, and in those cases, there is no need to be consistent. :) In Elisa we even provide a visual clue by using the pointing finger cursor to indicate that something will happen immediately if you click.

Comment 5 medin 2021-05-03 20:53:58 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4)
> There are times when consistency is nonsensical, and in those cases, there
> is no need to be consistent. :) In Elisa we even provide a visual clue by
> using the pointing finger cursor to indicate that something will happen
> immediately if you click.

Oh yeah I didn't clearly see the pointing finger cursor, it's excellent solution to tell user single click is enabled.