https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489165
Bug ID: 489165
Summary: Selecting multiple files behaves unintuitively when
View - Details - "Open files and folders" is set to
"By clicking on an icon or name"
Classification: Applications
Product: dolphin
Version: 24.05.0
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: minor
Priority: NOR
Component: view-engine: details mode
Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: kde.tm...@passinbox.com
CC: kfm-de...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 170951
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=170951&action=edit
Selection box attempting to select files in Dolphin's Details View
SUMMARY
When selecting a group of files with varying lengths, the user can to fail to
select all the files they intended to. This is one of those things that's
easier to show in a screenshot than it is to describe, so please see attached!
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a folder in Dolphin with Details view
2. Create three files, one with a long name, another with a short name, and
then another with a long name. Sort them in a way that the file with a short
name is between the other two. (see the screenshot)
2. In Configure Dolphin -> View -> Details, set "Open files and Folders:" is
"By clicking on an icon or name"
3. Attempt to select all three files, but *don't* drag the selection box all
the way to the left side to cover the file with a shorter name.
OBSERVED RESULT
The 1st and 3rd file are selected, but not the file between them.
EXPECTED RESULT
All three files are selected.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
Kernel Version: 6.9.5-200.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
System Version: -CF
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Setting "Open files and folders" to "By clicking anywhere on a row" technically
fixes the problem, but forces the user to use Dolphin in a way they might not
intend. I can't come up a practical reason why you'd only want to select the
*longest* files in a directory, even if you prefer to activate files/folders by
clicking on the icon/name.
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