i have to admit i'm finding it quite frustrating how many classic KDE ui things are being sacrificed for homogeneity recently - single click to open, mouse over program menu category to switch, now this
double click by default in particular was abandoning an iconic and way more intuitive way to interact with the desktop to be more like what windows and mac users are used to, which is a shame
edit: jumped the gun here, doesn't look like it's the new default. rest of my whining applies tho
- In my opinion, this is a good approach. While the vast majority of PC users aren't used to these settings, it's great that those who prefer them still have the option to change them. This is especially positive because features like single-click to open or drag-and-drop by default aren't used outside of KDE — in fact, the standard behavior across macOS, Windows, and most other desktop environments is different.
  This is the same kind of thing that annoys me about macOS: they change things that worked fine for years and replace them with features no one asked for. For example, why is the scroll wheel inverted by default? And if you change it, the touchpad scrolling becomes inverted instead. Why do I need to hold Control and click just to perform a right-click? It's a change that complicates things instead of improving them.
- I must say, the mouse-over-category thingie was a horrible default that still makes me cringe on my Debian system today, because it forces me to trace a VERY SPECIFIC route with my mouse so I don't trigger another category, when 99% of the time all I want is to click on one of my favourites.

18 years after it was first requested,
Haha, amazing 😸
- Two things: datahoarders don't like move since if something goes wrong your file is gone, copy is the safer option. Second, in the video, the cursor still gets a green +-icon when moving which suggest copyijg for me so this feels wrong, what do others think?

why would you do that? it works fine

They're turning kde into windows because the windows users are annoyed at having to use something different.
At least it can be reverted to normal. :-/
- No, nothing has been changed. You can opt in to default to copy because a lot of users asked for it. The default behavior is the exact same it's been ~forever.
  
  That's a relief, but you couldn't know that from that illegible animation and that title though.
- Well on Windows it does move if it is on the same disk and copy if it is on a different disk like from ab internal disk to an external drive. This can be changed by holding down keys during the drag and drop. Ctrl for copy and Alt for move. With all that said, I quite liked the option to choose what you want when drag and drop and I will change it back.

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