STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. use a device with touchscreen 2. open Dolphin 3. open an empty folder 4. long press on an item from the Places panel or on the empty files view OBSERVED RESULT the context menu does not open EXPECTED RESULT the context menu opens SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0 Qt Version: 5.15.7 Graphics Platform: Wayland
This is intended. After selecting a file in selection mode the bottom bar can be used to activate all the context menu actions.
I'm talking about when nothing is selected.
Yes, this is a downside I mentioned early in development. This is also a reason why I didn't change what happens on long-press in the fundamental selection mode merge request. It was later added/changed in https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/commit/71ea4a88d890949500d05aa21839ad93ec6bdb1d. I discussed the pros and cons of changing long-press to invoke the selection mode instead of opening a context menu in https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/273#note_442189. I was hesitant about this. As it stands now though, this is the intended new behaviour. The old behaviour didn't (really) allow multi-selection of a curated subset of files in a folder by touch alone. The new behaviour forces users to find for example the "Paste" action in the hamburger menu or menu bar instead of invoking it through a context menu that appears on long-press. I hope this is somewhat alleviated by a new workflow that was also introduced. One can now press "Copy…" even when no files are selected. If this functionality is used, "Paste" can be used from the bottom bar after pressing "Copy […]" on that bottom bar.