I am missing the possibility 'thunar file manager' to select/unselect files/folders when the mouse pointer is on a file/folder, since selecting/unselecting by clicking on the +- (disabled) is not as easy as hovering. An option to toggle it would be much apreciated, so people who dont like it can disable it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Dolphin 2. Put the mouse pointer on a file/folder 3. Actual Results: File/folder not selected Expected Results: File/folder should be selected
(In reply to devnul from comment #0) > I am missing the possibility to select/unselect > files/folders on mouseover, since > selecting/unselecting by clicking on the +- (disabled) is not as easy as > hovering. > An option to toggle it would be much apreciated, so people who dont like it > can disable it. > > Reproducible: Always > > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. Open Dolphin > 2. Put the mouse pointer on a file/folder > 3. > > Actual Results: > File/folder not selected > > Expected Results: > File/folder should be selected
Sorry, the last comment was actually not intended as I wanted to edit the first comment and don't know how to edit... Anyway, I will try to make it as clear as possible. As an ex-windows user, I got used to selecting files by hovering,(threshold adjustable) so that there is no need to click or double click in order to get a file/folder selected. And more items can be un/selected by Ctrl+Click... With Dolphin it's different, if you want to un/select an item, one has to click the (+) and (-) so that you need to be a "sniper" to achieve that. I think some options to customize this would be very helpful. This leads to a second problem by the way. Dolphin has IMHO the bad habit when hovering an item. I mean the info shown on the bottom bar when the mouse cursor is on a file disappears very quickly, so that one needs to hover the file again and again or select it to get that info. Why the info is not shown as long as the file is hovered?? I think this point is related to the first one because the file info shown on the bottom bar is only persistent if the file is selected. Hopefully I described it clear enough that everyone can understand as am not a native english speaker. Thanks.
Ctrl+Click also works in Dolphin.
(In reply to Christoph Feck from comment #3) > Ctrl+Click also works in Dolphin. Yes Ctrl+Click works, that's another way of un/selecting files. But not the way I would like to do it. I think it's easier to do it by just hovering, because all one needs to do is to get the mouse pointer on file/folder in question, without the need to first press the Ctrl button and then to click.
I'm not sure this makes sense for us to implement. We already have two selection modes, and this leads to complication and bugs for each mode. Adding a third one doesn't seem like it would be a big win.