[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 158404] Start Center Recent Documents view: make it so hover changes item selection

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158404

--- Comment #12 from Buovjaga <ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoffice.org> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #11)
> Because there is *no* reason to actually change and make selection by
> mouseover/hovering!
> 
> The cursor controls work for keyboard users (and a11y) the mouseover
> behavior was intended and offers simple visual feedback of the MRU item via
> its Thumbnail view.
> 
> Mouseover (and its corresponding highlight that Heiko has tweaked) to
> display the URI for the document object--that alone is enough.
> 
> A l-mouse click to open, or pin, or delete without out the mouseover making
> selection has worked just fine.  Again, why would it need to be changed?
> 
> You are now proposing to drastically change the SC behavior by merging
> mouseover behavior with cursor movement selection. It is not needed (nor I
> imagine desired) and is at odds with the way the SC was implemented and
> released at 4.2

It should be changed because the two different highlights provide no value in
the Recent Documents view and instead cause a jarring visual effect, when the
selection confusingly stays put while the highlight follows the mouse.

The change is in no way drastic as it makes the mouse behaviour coherent and
does not remove any functionality. If you want to argue it is drastic, please
provide concrete scenarios where things get worse due to the change.

In the Templates view we should probably make the multiselection more useful by
allowing Shift/Ctrl-clicking to expand the selection. Now it is difficult to
discover for mouse users as it only works via keyboard.

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