When I select a file or a folder the information for the item is shown in the information sidebar. For delecting the item I click on some blank space in the current folder. This causes the sidebar to show the information for the current folder. This works as expected and is absolutely fine. When I hover over an item the information for that item also is shown in the information sidebar. That's also expected and fine. But when I then click into the current folder on some empty space nothing happens! The information sidebar still shows the information for the item my mouse just left. Reproducible: Always Expected Results: I expect to see the information for the current folder in the information sidebar as soon as no item is selected in that folder. That means when I either click into the blank space of the current folder or when the mouse leaves a hovered item.
I partly agree. I also expect to see the information for the current folder as soon as I *click* into some blank space in the folder. This should work, no matter if I selected a file before or if "I" just hovered over the file. It's a matter of consistency. Clicking on an item should always make that item the active one. And that does not work by now concerning the current folder after hovering over something in the folder. But I presume that showing the information for the current folder after just leaving a hovered item in this folder is counterproductive. Why? There is a play preview for sound files in the information sidebar. It can autoplay the hovered sound file or you can choose to manually hit the play button in the sidebar. I prefer the latter (doesn't lead to accidental cacophonies) and that can only work if the just left file still is seen as active (though not selected) while I travel with the mouse away from the file to hit the play button in the sidebar.
Thanks for the report! I never noticed this, but I agree that it feels a bit strange to see that the effect that clicking an empty part of the view has on the Information Panel depends on whether files were selected before or not.
Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719
*** Bug 160305 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Can you please confirm this still occurs in a recent version of Dolphin.
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