Revert "Avoid implicitly selecting items"
This reverts commit 122fee56.
This behavior change was well-intentioned, but has significant usability and speed drawbacks that have not been addressed:
- Keyboard-driven folder manipulation became slower
- Unexpected behavioral differences when opening files with the pointer compared to when opening them with the keyboard introduced inconsistency and cognitive load
- Unexpected opening of selection mode during fast operation introduced the potential for confusion and additional errors
- Dolphin's behavior became inconsistent with that of other file managers users may be accustomed to ("principle of least astonishment")
The bug tracker, discuss.kde.org, and Reddit are full of complaints about this change. It's been a year now; I think it's clear that many Dolphin users have not gotten used to and accepted it. I have to count myself as one of them, I'm afraid. I've tried to get used to it for a year, but I just have not been able to.
I don't believe the benefits of this change outweigh the drawbacks, so let's revert it.
24d859cf was explicitly mentioned as a thing that should also be reverted in this case, but it's already been done.
BUG: 494125
BUG: 511966
CCBUG: 424723
CCBUG: 492404
FIXED-IN: 25.12.0
Edited by Méven Car