Bug 499781

Summary:	Changing "Open files and folders by clicking..." setting only takes affect when Dolphin is restarted
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	John Veness <john.kde>
Component:	view-engine: details mode	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdedev, kfm-devel
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description John Veness 2025-02-10 21:34:15 UTC

SUMMARY
For the setting "Open files and folders" which can be either "By clicking anywhere on the row" or "By clicking on icon or name", changing it requires Dolphin to be restarted.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Dolphin
2. Make sure you're in Details view
3. Test how you can currently select files and folders so you know how it works
4. Configure Dolphin
5. Navigate to View > Details
6. Change the "Open files and folders" setting to the opposite of whatever it is currently set to
7. Click OK (or Apply then OK)
8. Without restarting Dolphin, test how you can now select files and folders

OBSERVED RESULT
The file selection mechanism is still as before.

EXPECTED RESULT
The file selection mechanism has changed to the new setting.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250209
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.1-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Restarting Dolphin will make the setting take effect.

Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-02-24 21:23:53 UTC

I confirm this behavior on git-master. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not.
I'll let one of the Dolphin developers take it from here.