Dolphin no longer allows me to create a new entity by right-clicking on an empty spot in the right panel

I'm running Debian/Forky on an AMD64 system. I use Dolphin with the 
Details view mode.

For as far back as I can remember, the easiest way to create a new file 
or folder in Dolphin was to find an empty spot in right (files) panel in 
the folder you wanted to create the thing in. Right clicking would give 
you an option to create something (folder, link, document, etc.),

About a month ago, that capability was effectively removed. Now if I 
right-click on an empty spot, it selects the file or folder that would 
have occupied that space if its name was longer (i.e. it assumes the 
entire row in the pane selects that file). If the entity happens to be a 
folder, it will let me create something in that folder (not where I 
wanted it). Otherwise, the create option doesn't appear.

Right clicking only works properly if there are not enough files to 
actually fill the entire panel. Then I can right click below the last 
file. Unfortunately, I have a lot of folders that have sufficient files 
in them to not allow that. Nor can I scroll past the last file to get 
below it.

I had been hoping this was a temporary aberration and normal operations 
would resume when a library was updated. However, I'm am now forced to 
the conclusion that someone thought this was good idea for some reason.

I haven't been able to find a reasonable work-around for this. For 
example, right clicking on a folder in the Folders (left) pane doesn't 
give me a create option. The best I've been able to do is find another 
folder that has some empty space in the Files pane, create what I want 
there, then move it to where I want it to be. Not only is this clumsy, 
but it also changes the modified time of the folder.

Is there some way I can restore the previous operation?

Thanks.