Bug 464696

Summary:	Option to always close the right pane
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Jack Hill <jackhill3103>
Component:	split view	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde, kfm-devel, meven29
Priority:	NOR
Version:	22.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
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Description Jack Hill 2023-01-23 14:32:00 UTC

SUMMARY
I don't use the split view often, but when I do I only enable it temporarily. Because of this, I see the left pane as the "fixed" pane and the right pane as the "temporary" pane. This is because the animation shows a new pane appearing from the right. I always get tripped up because I expect the Close button to close the "temporary" pane. Currently, the pane that actually gets closed is dependent on which pane is active.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a split view
2. Click the right-hand pane
3. Close the split view

4. Open a split view
5. Click the left-hand pane
6. Close the split view

OBSERVED RESULT
First the left-hand pane disappears, and then the right-hand pane disappears (depending on Dolphin's current settings).

EXPECTED RESULT
If a settings option such as "Turning off split view closes right-hand pane" existed, then I would expect the right-hand pane to always disappear.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230119
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.102.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.7-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Méven Car 2023-03-23 09:19:12 UTC

For context, currently we have a setting to determine which pane to close, the active (aka selected) one or the not activated one.

Comment 2 BarryBanana 2024-12-21 09:26:24 UTC

I'd like this too. 

The current options are too confusing for older, less mentally agile users such as myself.

The current design

Comment 3 BarryBanana 2024-12-21 09:43:44 UTC

The current design requires tracking which pane is in focus, which I can never remember, and is difficult to tell at a glance, as they are both so similar.

One side has bold text and has very lightly shaded alternating rows. There is an fairly arbitrary change in the icon. I can't tell which side it's instructing me will close if I click it. 

I see the scroll bar changes colour too, but I don't register it.

Che current design makes me have to think about what is going to happen when I hit the close button. It's adding uncertainty and the chance of closing the wrong view in moments of cognitive stress.