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

On 2026-06-10 03:16, Aurélien COUDERC wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>
> Le 9 juin 2026 20:03:26 GMT+02:00, Gary Dale <[email protected]> a écrit :
>> I'm running Debian/Forky on an AMD64 system. I use Dolphin with the Details view mode.
>> 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.
> This looks like [1] even if the use case is slightly different.
>
> The bug mentions a workaround that I'm copying here in case it can help :
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> This is in Settings -> Configure Dolphin -> View - Details - Open files and folders: I have this set to "By clicking on icon or name" Make sure you have that option, it should allow the behavior you're expecting.
> »
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> [1] <https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=519456>
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> Happy hacking,
> --
> Aurélien
>
Thanks. That worked. Possibly they added that as a new option but had it 
default to the new behaviour rather than the old behaviour.