Public bug reported: When a user drags a folder over another folder in Digikam, the folder is automatically expanded. This confuses users and makes it very easy to accidentially drop the folder in the wrong album.
A screencast illustrating the problem is available here: http://ifile.dk/d/c4bd89b9-6f4b-49bf-be82-53ffc24ef7f8/ I see three problems here: 1: The automatic folder expansion can be useful in some use cases, however, it is my experience that it confuses users more than it helps. 2: Appearently, there is no way to disable this behaviour from the Settings window. 3: .. and this is probably the detail that makes this behavior most annoying/dangerous: the folder expansion happens too quickly. I am guessing it happens after hovering between 1 and 2 seconds. This is just too fast. Many users require much longer time in order to position the mouse correctly. I would say between 3-5 seconds would easily be needed. Recommended solution: 1: Provide an option to enable/disable this feature. 2: Set the default bahavior to have this option disabled. (I think other KDE applications such as Dolphin, etc. also have this feature disabled by default) 3: Make the delay before folder expansion configurable: let the user set the delay from a range between 500ms to 10s. Set default value to 4s. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: digikam 2:2.1.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Nov 10 14:01:02 2011 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_DK:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_DK.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: digikam UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: digikam (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to digikam in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/888542 Title: Digikam automatically expands folders while dragging over them To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/digikam/+bug/888542/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
