Dolphin - Long-click to rename files in single-click mode has stopped working

[Dave Rove]

In Kubuntu 18.10, I had single-click mode enabled, and even in single-click mode, Dolphin could inline-rename files without needing the context menu. Click on the icon to the left of the filename to highlight it, then long-click on the filename (i.e. hold the left-button for longer than the double-click interval) and inline-renaming would be activated. I really liked that. Anybody know why that's stopped working?

[Dave Rove]

I've found the reason in a Phabricator revision report. The feature was added to the KDE development branch in 2017, so it got into Kubuntu in 2018, but it seems that the feature could be triggered accidentally if a file was selected before dragging it, so the feature has been removed. Pity.

https://phabricator.kde.org/D7647

Do they take feature requests, I wonder? I still think it was a good idea. Since the middle button selects files in single-click mode, maybe middle-clicking a selected file could invoke inline-rename.

[dequire]

Do they take feature requests, I wonder? I still think it was a good idea. Since the middle button selects files in single-click mode, maybe middle-clicking a selected file could invoke inline-rename.

Absolutely! Just file it as a bug, over on BKO (bugs.kde.org). Make sure to list it as a feature request (wishlist) -type bug.