The column view cannot be used with keyboard only (KDE 4.4.5). I can provide examples like: 1) start dolphin 2) switch to column view 3) use UP/DOWN keys to highlight a folder -> press ENTER 4) the folder is opened in a new column 5) UP/DOWN and highlight another folder -> press ENTER ... nothing happens :-( Or you can try to press BACK/LEFT (after step 5) in order to go back on the previous folder, but at this point the behaviour is not predictable (or I've not understand how it works). I suggest the following behaviour: (on LTR systems) - ENTER/RIGHT open the file/folder. If it is a folder open it on a new column and allow the user to browse it (with UP/DOWN keys) - BACKSPACE/LEFT : move the focus on the parent folder (on RTL systems LEFT and RIGHT should be inverted :-) ) I'm not sure if set this report as a bug (keys don't work on column view) or as a wish :-) What do you think Peter?
Hmmm... very good, it looks fixed in KDE 4.5 :-) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 236039 ***