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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: modeless KFileDialog
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () suse ! de>
Date:       2000-02-09 22:27:42
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2000, Emily Ezust wrote:
> Take KFD::getExistingDirectory(). Previously, if I clicked once
> on a directory, it meant I was selecting it (unfortunately, this
> is called fileHighlight!), and if I double-clicked, it meant I
> was trying to go into the directory to find a different directory
> to select.
>
> But now highlighting and moving is the same, so I have to move into
> a directory to select it. I think this might be a bit confusing to
> users. I liked the old behavior - it is more QFD-like, too...
> What does everyone else think?

Apart from Stephan/Reggie's fixes this seems to be a fundemental 
problem of "single-click mode".

Then again, what's wrong with moving into a directory and then clicking 
'OK'?

Cheers,
Waldo

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