Bug 499599

Summary: VLC not correctly applying "clicking files or folders selects them" from workspace behaviors
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: veraxis
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.2.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description veraxis 2025-02-06 14:54:30 UTC
SUMMARY
In workspace/general behaviors, I have the workspace behavior set to "clicking files or folders selects them" instead of "clicking files or folders opens them." This appears to work as expected in Dolphin or other programs which can open file navigation dialogs. However, in VLC specifically, navigating via the "open file..." menu or when clicking items on a playlist, a single click opens them instead of selecting them. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open VLC and go to media>open file...
2. navigate to a directory and single-click on a file.

Alternatively,

1. queue up multiple audio files on a playlist within VLC
2. single click on a song

OBSERVED RESULT
Single clicking a folder opens it, single clicking on a song in a queue causes it to start playing.

EXPECTED RESULT
Single clicking a folder selects it, single clicking on a song in a queue selects it.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.1-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-13500H
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Reinstalling VLC via pacman did not fix the behavior. 

Setting the global settings to "clicking files or folders opens them" and applying, restarting, then going back and setting the global settings to "clicking files or folders selects them" and applying/restarting did not fix the behavior.

This behavior only occurs on one of my three laptops. All three are on the same Linux/KDE versions, Wayland, and the Mesa graphics driver, but this only occurs on the newest of my 3 laptops. I do not know what is different between them.

Comparing Journalctl messages between the working and not working machines does not appear to show any differences if I open VLC, open a file dialog and navigate around, then close VLC. journalctl -b -p 3 does not appear to show anything relevant to VLC.
Comment 1 Antonio Rojas 2025-02-06 15:37:21 UTC
You need plasma5-integration for settings to apply to Qt5 apps
Comment 2 veraxis 2025-02-06 17:08:07 UTC
This fixed it for me. Thanks and sorry!