Recently Dolphin added a 'full row highlight' which has been a great addition. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/278 However some use cases have arisen because of this. I'll quote a user from a reddit thread about this https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/usa6rf/dolphin_finally_gets_full_row_highlight/ "If we have a folder full of folders from top to bottom how can we drop something besides them that doesn't go into any of the folders?" The reply to this was: "Windows works around this is that the columns end at the right hand side so there is an empty space where the highlight ends and you can drop the files there and it will be put into the containing folder" I'm aware that there is a 'Leading Column Padding' (left) option, but is it possible to add a 'Following Column Padding' (right) option also? The padding to the left generally has a small width but allowing padding to the right would give the user a wider area to drop their files into. Many thanks.
This has been added.
If the option has been added can you explain how to enable it? I can't seem to find how to add padding to the right.
(In reply to jimbo from comment #2) > If the option has been added can you explain how to enable it? I can't seem > to find how to add padding to the right. Right-click any of the vertical properties that are presented by Detail Mode, and select "Leading Column Padding".
Oh, I think you might have mis-read the original post. I am aware of the leading column (left), I was talking about adding a 'following column' (right). This currently doesn't exist as an option. I tried moving the leading column to the right but it won't allow me (the 'no' symbol appears).
Understood. I shall leave this as open to pass whether to implement this to a maintainer with some authority, but I must state that I believe this feature to be useless. Adjustment of the size of the left-hand-size padding might be useful, however, and the ability to move it to another side, but duplicate padding is unnecessary.
I have to disagree with you, it is not useless or unnecessary. I gave my reasoning above but I will repeat it again. "If we have a folder full of folders from top to bottom how can we drop something besides them that doesn't go into any of the folders?" The reply to this was: "Windows works around this is that the columns end at the right hand side so there is an empty space where the highlight ends and you can drop the files there and it will be put into the containing folder" This fixes the issue of using drag and drop in a folder that itself is full. The left padding column wouldn't be a good option for this.