PlacesPanel: activating a place does not select its previously selected children

BUG: 421347

src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp

@@ -1243,7 +1243,9 @@ void DolphinMainWindow::slotPlaceActivated(const QUrl& url)
         // which had been unmounted earlier, see https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161385.
         reloadView();
     } else {
+        view->disableUrlNavigatorSelectionRequests();
         changeUrl(url);
+        view->enableUrlNavigatorSelectionRequests();
     }
 }
 

src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp

@@ -727,6 +727,18 @@ void DolphinViewContainer::slotUrlSelectionRequested(const QUrl& url)
     m_view->markUrlAsCurrent(url); // makes the item scroll into view
 }
 
+void DolphinViewContainer::disableUrlNavigatorSelectionRequests()
+{
+    disconnect(m_urlNavigator.get(), &KUrlNavigator::urlSelectionRequested,
+        this, &DolphinViewContainer::slotUrlSelectionRequested);
+}
+
+void DolphinViewContainer::enableUrlNavigatorSelectionRequests()
+{
+    connect(m_urlNavigator.get(), &KUrlNavigator::urlSelectionRequested,
+        this, &DolphinViewContainer::slotUrlSelectionRequested);
+}
+
 void DolphinViewContainer::redirect(const QUrl& oldUrl, const QUrl& newUrl)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(oldUrl)

src/dolphinviewcontainer.h

@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ public:
      */
     QString caption() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Disable/enable the behavior of "select child when moving to parent folder"
+     * offered by KUrlNavigator.
+     *
+     * See KUrlNavigator::urlSelectionRequested
+     */
+    void disableUrlNavigatorSelectionRequests();
+    void enableUrlNavigatorSelectionRequests();
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
     /**
      * Sets the current active URL, where all actions are applied. The