elementary / elementary/files

Column view: Single click sometimes selects and sometimes shows folder contents

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Description

### What Happened?

Files does progress the contents of the directory, but does not show the list when in columns view.

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Open files
2. Switch to columns view.
3. Select a folder (contents should appear).
4. Select a different folder within the same hierarchy level: Contents sometimes do not appear or only appear after double click.

### Expected Behavior

Folder contents should be listed after single click.

### OS Version

8.x (Early Access)

### Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

### Log Output

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### Hardware Info

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