Bug 180964 - File dialog: wrong click requirements
Summary: File dialog: wrong click requirements
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kfile
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdelibs bugs
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: 181580 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2009-01-16 13:39 UTC by tony
Modified: 2009-08-12 16:43 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description tony 2009-01-16 13:39:07 UTC
Version:           1.10.3 (using KDE 4.1.3)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

The mix of where single and double clicks are needed when navigating through the directory structure to select a file to attach seems wrong and as well as being different to other applications, makes life difficult.

1. "Bookmarked" directories (on the left-hand side of the dialogue panel) require a double-click. There seems no reason why TWO clicks should be needed here; other applications (such as the Gimp and Firefox) only require a single click.

2. Files and directories displayed in the selection field only require a single click. Again, this is the reverse of how other programs work.

The main reason I consider this to be a problem is that if a file is single-clicked on, the dialogue is automatically submitted, which means that if I wanted to select more than one file in that directory, I have to re-open the dialogue to choose the next one.

Single-click submission CAN be suppressed by, for example, using <shift>+<click>, but as the behaviour of that action is buggy (http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180961) this is also un-satisfactory.

I would suggest that "bookmarked" directories should be accessible with a single click (or perhaps single or double as set up in the mouse configuration). On the other hand, when a file is single-clicked on, it should just be selected; the dialogue should not be submitted unless either the file is double-clicked on or the "attach" button is clicked. I'm not sure whether directories in the selection field should open with a single or double click; double would be more consistent with other applications, but I don't see it as being as important as the problem with files automatically opening on a single click.

I HAVE tried changing my mouse configuration to "double click" in case that made a difference and it doesn't seem to.
Comment 1 Thomas McGuire 2009-01-22 10:53:46 UTC
*** Bug 181580 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2009-05-06 05:34:10 UTC
On current trunk, I observe the following behaviour:

* directories in the bookmark places panel open on single click (regardless of KDE's global single/double click option)
* files and directories in the listing respect KDE's global single/double click option

Please close this bug, if this is the intended behaviour.
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2009-08-12 16:30:44 UTC
Tony, what is the status of this bug? As described in comment #2, the behaviour probably changed from the original reported. Could you please try a recent KDE (4.3.0 or trunk) and verify the validity of this bug report?
Comment 4 tony 2009-08-12 16:43:02 UTC
Hi Christoph,

Using KDE 4.2.2 (the latest supported on Kubuntu) behaviour is as you describe in comment 2, which seems correct to me.

Thanks for fixing this.