pcmanfm-qt item selection feature in single-click mode

[bzb001]

lubuntu 19.10
pcmanfm-qt 0.14.1

when pcmanfm-qt is configured to use single-click mode...

1)when the pcmanfm window is given focus
Currently, when placing the focus on pcmanfm the item clicked would be activated.
I suggest the first click anywhere on pcmanfm when given focus should be ignored as a command to activate an item.

2)selecting an item
Currently, clicking anywhere on an entry would activate the entry. This condition causes a lot of inconvenience especially when you just want to click on an item to highlight it.
I suggest only the "name" column clicked should the item be activated. Anywhere else should be considered a selection request.

3)auto selection
Currently, auto selection is active always. This is very distracting and defeating when trying to rename a file and because the cursor has accidentally moved to another entry the renaming process is disrupted.
I suggest the following sequence for item selection...
    user clicks on first item (not clicking on "name" column, as clicking on this column would activate item, except when ctl or shift key is depressed while clicking)
    user ctl-click on any subsequent entries to highlight it and include into list of selected items
    user shift-click to toggle all items between the last selected item and current item
    user clicks on any other item will reset the selection and highlight only that item
suggestion#2: Is auto selection really necessary? It seems more inconvenient then useful
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-29 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017.1)
Package: pcmanfm-qt 0.14.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-40.32-generic 5.3.18
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[bzb001 (bzb-dev001)]

The quirk of auto selection also affects item selection (single or multiple), renaming, copying and pasting.

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[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

Sorry, I was going to call this incomplete as a poorly described bug but I see it's actually not a bug after all.

 1. If you don't click on an item, i.e. you click on any of the whitespace, you can focus the window without activating an item.

 2. With autoselection, you just mouseover to select. Alternately, you can right click or control click.

 3. You can change the autoselect time and if you set it to 0, then you disable it.

[bzb001 (bzb-dev001)]

Walter,
What you have described is correct when single-click mode is off.
This issue applies to when single-click mode is on.

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

No, that's all tested with single click mode on. If it were not on, points 2-3 would not be relevant, i.e. autoselection only applies to single click mode.

[bzb001 (bzb-dev001)]

I think I understand what you're getting at with point 1. Are you saying I'm not supposed to click anywhere associated with an entry on the target instance of pcmanfm when giving focus?

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

Yeppers. There's a lot of whitespace that's around and between the entries.

[bzb001 (bzb-dev001)]

How would you make the first selection without activating the item? Currently what I do is right click on the entry--resulting in a popup menu--and then right click again to remove the menu. There is no other place to left click to make the first selection.