Bug 419435 - Ability to select file/folders in details view without clicking EXACTLY on the file's name.
Summary: Ability to select file/folders in details view without clicking EXACTLY on th...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 181437
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: view-engine: details mode (show other bugs)
Version: 19.12.3
Platform: Other Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2020-03-30 21:59 UTC by Jonathan Chun
Modified: 2020-05-19 17:42 UTC (History)
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2020-03-30 21:59 UTC, Jonathan Chun
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Description Jonathan Chun 2020-03-30 21:59:26 UTC
Created attachment 127123 [details]
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Currently in the details view, in order to select a file, I need to click in the blue area in the screenshot (the highlighted area). However, in most (all other?) file managers that I've used such as in macOS, Windows, Nautilus, Nemo, Pantheon, in this details/row view, you can click anywhere in the entire ROW rather than exactly on the file name in order to select the item.

For lack of better terminology, I want it to act like a block-level element and not an inline element.

Since this behavior might not be wanted by others, perhaps this should be a toggle-able option in the Details View settings.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-04-01 23:03:14 UTC
Our own open/save dialog does this too, so it's a bit odd that Dolphin doesn't.

One concern is that this could make multi-selection using a box more difficult. Indeed, the file dialog doesn't even implement this at all. Nonetheless, the other file managers you mentioned seem to have solved this problem in a fairly elegant way:
- click-and-drag upwards in an empty area = drag a selection box
- click-and-drag sideways in an empty area = drag-and-drop
- click-and-drag in any direction on an item's icon or label = drag-and-drop

I think it would make sense if Dolphin implemented this too (and then the file dialog, for that matter)
Comment 2 Jonathan Chun 2020-04-02 00:25:21 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Our own open/save dialog does this too, so it's a bit odd that Dolphin
> doesn't.
> 
> One concern is that this could make multi-selection using a box more
> difficult. Indeed, the file dialog doesn't even implement this at all.
> Nonetheless, the other file managers you mentioned seem to have solved this
> problem in a fairly elegant way:
> - click-and-drag upwards in an empty area = drag a selection box
> - click-and-drag sideways in an empty area = drag-and-drop
> - click-and-drag in any direction on an item's icon or label = drag-and-drop
> 
> I think it would make sense if Dolphin implemented this too (and then the
> file dialog, for that matter)

To add on to that, in most file browsers I've used, shift+click will select from your current row and invert-select up to the row you shift+clicked on, which eliminates the need for click+dragging altogether. I'm not saying it shouldn't be implemented -- just providing an alternative answer to the "selecting multiple files might be hard" problem.
Comment 3 Jonathan Chun 2020-04-02 00:27:03 UTC
(In reply to Jonathan Chun from comment #2)
> (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> > Our own open/save dialog does this too, so it's a bit odd that Dolphin
> > doesn't.
> > 
> > One concern is that this could make multi-selection using a box more
> > difficult. Indeed, the file dialog doesn't even implement this at all.
> > Nonetheless, the other file managers you mentioned seem to have solved this
> > problem in a fairly elegant way:
> > - click-and-drag upwards in an empty area = drag a selection box
> > - click-and-drag sideways in an empty area = drag-and-drop
> > - click-and-drag in any direction on an item's icon or label = drag-and-drop
> > 
> > I think it would make sense if Dolphin implemented this too (and then the
> > file dialog, for that matter)
> 
> To add on to that, in most file browsers I've used, shift+click will select
> from your current row and invert-select up to the row you shift+clicked on,
> which eliminates the need for click+dragging altogether. I'm not saying it
> shouldn't be implemented -- just providing an alternative answer to the
> "selecting multiple files might be hard" problem.

In fact, I actually just tested it in Dolphin and Dolphin does already implement this behavior which is nice.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-04-02 01:39:24 UTC
Yeah, we've already got that. We need a graphical method to still work though because using modifier keys isn't very discoverable.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2020-05-19 17:42:54 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 181437 ***