When hovering over a file on the not-focus view panel, the information panel gets updated

Test Plan:
 - In Dolphin with two views (split view) and with the information panels
 - Hover over a file on the not selected view
 - > the information panel show information about this file

No other changes in behavior

Reviewers: #dolphin, elvisangelaccio, ngraham

Reviewed By: #dolphin, ngraham

Subscribers: kfm-devel

Tags: #dolphin

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D19936

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
index bcadcdb80..296cb1400 100644
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
@@ -1045,6 +1045,10 @@ void DolphinMainWindow::activeViewChanged(DolphinViewContainer* viewContainer)
         oldViewContainer->disconnect(this);
         oldViewContainer->view()->disconnect(this);
         oldViewContainer->urlNavigator()->disconnect(this);
+
+        // except the requestItemInfo so that on hover the information panel can still be updated
+        connect(oldViewContainer->view(), &DolphinView::requestItemInfo,
+                this, &DolphinMainWindow::requestItemInfo);
     }
 
     connectViewSignals(viewContainer);
diff --git a/src/panels/information/informationpanel.h b/src/panels/information/informationpanel.h
index 05947145d..f63af1e53 100644
--- a/src/panels/information/informationpanel.h
+++ b/src/panels/information/informationpanel.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ protected:
 private slots:
     /**
      * Shows the information for the item of the URL which has been provided by
-     * InformationPanel::requestItemInfo() and provides default actions.
+     * InformationPanel::requestDelayedItemInfo() and provides default actions.
      */
     void showItemInfo();