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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: [Bug 55474] enabling 'automatically select icons' changes current mailbox folder
From:       "Carsten Burghardt" <cb () magic-shop ! de>
Date:       2003-03-19 9:22:40
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Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 March 2003 20:12, Carsten Burghardt wrote:
>> Proposed fix attached.
>
> With this patch a folder is marked as selected although the
> contents of  another folder is shown. This is IMO very confusing.
> OTOH this odd  behavior is consistent with the behavior of
> Konqueror.
>
> Another thing is that with this patch a user might have to double
> click  a folder in order to open it (if he uses double click to
> open
> files/folders). This would also make KMail more consistent with
> Konqueror and probably other KDE apps. But it will certainly
> confuse  long-time KMail users which use double click everywhere
> else.
>
> I tend to accept this patch. But I'd like to hear what the other
> developers think about this.
> The first point is IMO no problem since the whole autoselect
> feature is  anyway a completely stupid thing. People who use this
> will have to live  with the confusion it causes.
> The second point, OTOH, will dramatically change the KMail
> experience  for some users.
>
> Opinions?

We could choose a way in between and use clicked instead of
executed. This should also fix this "bug" and use the single click.
BTW: kcontrol also connects clicked and not executed although
executed should be used according to the KListView docu.

-- 
Carsten Burghardt


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