https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424723
Bug ID: 424723 Summary: UX improvement to avoid data-loss when pressing 'back' or 'up'. Product: dolphin Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: panels: folders Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org Reporter: t...@freedommail.ch CC: kfm-de...@kde.org Target Milestone: --- Dolphin has a hard rule on what do to if you enter a folder from one of its subfolders. It selects the folder you 'came' from. This has UX problems, though as this is a bit random and allows people to lose their data. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Start dolphin, for instance from krunner typing 'Downloads'. 2. Press 'up'. 3. Notice that 'Downloads' is selected 4. An unsuspecting user might not notice and select a file in this dir by the 'plus' hover icon. 5. pressing 'delete' now moves to trash 2 items, while the user never selected the dir. It seems that Dolphin by default always selects the one folder it came from, overruling any selection that was there before. To work towards a solution I would like to invite you to try one more test: 1. open dolphin and select any directory 2. navigate 'up'. 3. press outside of all items in order to remove the selection. Notice that at this point your folder you came from still has an underline. A simple 'return' will enter that dir again. I would like to suggest that instead of selecting an item that Dolphin only sets the anchor. Or does an m_selectionManager->clearSelection(); after the current select. This gives all users the benefits they currently have and this avoids the problem of unsuspecting users losing directories by deleting them because Dolphin auto selected the folder for them. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.