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Re: Plasma in Dolphin / Icon overlays
by MamiyaOtaru on Saturday 02/Feb/2008, @23:05

I think this is a solution to a non-problem. I mean, what use is selecting something if you don't then do something with it? (drag, copy, delete etc). All the possible actions one could want to take are available in the right click menu. Including (potentially) right click -> select, if you really do just want to select a file and then do nothing with it.

I'd prefer to leave the whole icon available for opening the file, and if one wants to take a specific other action, right click.

And besides, one can already easily select (and then do nothing with) an icon in single click mode. If in detailed list view, click anywhere on its row except for its name (it in blank space next to name, on the date etc). There was a justified bug report made when things were changes to a single click anywhere on the row opened the file and it was changed back and works now as well as before. If in icon view, lasso a single icon.

The old ways are a bit clunky, but are they broken enough to cut the target size of an icon to a third when the right click menu does everything one would need? I mean seriously, hover over an icon then select "actions"? I doubt many KDE users are going to be using old one button apple mice.

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Re: Plasma in Dolphin / Icon overlays
by logixoul on Sunday 03/Feb/2008, @06:58

I strongly disagree. I find it a lot easier to press the Del key than aim at the delete option in the context menu. Muscle memory.

That said, the icon-overlay solution sounds too clunky and I'm pretty sure using it wouldn't be fun. Actually, my ideal selection method would be middleclicking.

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