Clicking Type Icon Selects the Row Instead of Opening the Document?

Issue: Clicking Type Icon Selects the Row Instead of Opening the Document?

Fix: Its a known issue! Microsoft released a KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2457975

In short: Copy Paste the below code as a file named: "fldtypes_docicon.xsl" and save it under 14 Hive folder of all WFEs:  \14\template\layouts\XSL\  and do an IISReset!

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl ddwrt" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal" ddwrt:oob="true"><xsl:output method="html" indent="no"/><xsl:template ddwrt:dvt_mode="body" match ="FieldRef[@Name='DocIcon']" mode="Computed_DocIcon_body"><xsl:param name="thisNode" select="."/><xsl:param name="folderUrlAdditionalQueryString" select="''"/><xsl:choose><xsl:when test="$thisNode/@FSObjType='1'"><xsl:variable name="alttext"><xsl:choose><xsl:when test="starts-with($thisNode/@ContentTypeId, &quot;0x0120D5&quot;)"><xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/../@itemname_documentset"/>: <xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@FileLeafRef"/></xsl:when><xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/../@listformtitle_folder"/>: <xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@FileLeafRef"/></xsl:otherwise></xsl:choose></xsl:variable><xsl:variable name="mapico" select="$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type.File_x0020_Type.mapico"/><xsl:variable name="folderIconPath"><xsl:call-template name="GetFolderIconSourcePath"><xsl:with-param name="thisNode" select="$thisNode"/></xsl:call-template></xsl:variable><!-- This is a folder --><xsl:choose><xsl:when test="$RecursiveView='1'"><img border="0" alt="{$alttext}" src="{$folderIconPath}" /><xsl:choose><xsl:when test="$thisNode/@IconOverlay != ''"><img src="/_layouts/images/{$thisNode/@IconOverlay.mapoly}" class="ms-vb-icon-overlay" alt="" title="" /></xsl:when></xsl:choose></xsl:when><xsl:otherwise><xsl:variable name="FolderCTID"><xsl:value-of select="$PagePathFinal" />RootFolder=<xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@FileRef.urlencode" /><xsl:value-of select="$ShowWebPart"/>&amp;FolderCTID=<xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@ContentTypeId" />&amp;View=<xsl:value-of select="$View"/><xsl:value-of select="$folderUrlAdditionalQueryString"/></xsl:variable><a href="{$FolderCTID}" onmousedown ="VerifyFolderHref(this, event, '{$thisNode/@File_x0020_Type.url}','{$thisNode/@File_x0020_Type.progid}','{$XmlDefinition/List/@DefaultItemOpen}', '{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type.File_x0020_Type.mapcon}', '{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type}', '{$thisNode/@serverurl.progid}')"
               onclick="return HandleFolder(this,event,&quot;{$PagePathFinal}RootFolder=&quot; + escapeProperly(&quot;{$thisNode/@FileRef}&quot;) + '{$ShowWebPart}&amp;FolderCTID={$thisNode/@ContentTypeId}&amp;View={$View}{$folderUrlAdditionalQueryString}','TRUE','FALSE','{$thisNode/@File_x0020_Type.url}','{$thisNode/@File_x0020_Type.progid}','{$XmlDefinition/List/@DefaultItemOpen}','{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type.File_x0020_Type.mapcon}','{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type}','{$thisNode/@serverurl.progid}','{$thisNode/@CheckoutUser.id}','{$Userid}','{$XmlDefinition/List/@ForceCheckout}','{$thisNode/@IsCheckedoutToLocal}','{$thisNode/@PermMask}');"><img border="0" alt="{$alttext}" title="{$alttext}" src="{$folderIconPath}" /><xsl:choose><xsl:when test="$thisNode/@IconOverlay != ''"><img src="/_layouts/images/{$thisNode/@IconOverlay.mapoly}" class="ms-vb-icon-overlay" alt="" title="" /></xsl:when></xsl:choose></a></xsl:otherwise></xsl:choose></xsl:when><xsl:otherwise><xsl:choose><xsl:when test="$IsDocLib"><a onfocus="OnLink(this)" href="{$thisNode/@FileRef}" onmousedown="return VerifyHref(this,event,'{$XmlDefinition/List/@DefaultItemOpen}','{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type.File_x0020_Type.mapcon}','{$thisNode/@serverurl.progid}')"
   onclick="return DispEx(this,event,'TRUE','FALSE','{$thisNode/@File_x0020_Type.url}','{$thisNode/@File_x0020_Type.progid}','{$XmlDefinition/List/@DefaultItemOpen}','{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type.File_x0020_Type.mapcon}','{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type}','{$thisNode/@serverurl.progid}','{$thisNode/@CheckoutUser.id}','{$Userid}','{$XmlDefinition/List/@ForceCheckout}','{$thisNode/@IsCheckedoutToLocal}','{$thisNode/@PermMask}')"><xsl:choose><xsl:when test="not ($thisNode/@IconOverlay) or $thisNode/@IconOverlay =''"><xsl:choose><xsl:when test="not ($thisNode/@CheckoutUser.id) or $thisNode/@CheckoutUser.id =''"><img border="0" alt="{$thisNode/@FileLeafRef}" title="{$thisNode/@FileLeafRef}" src="/_layouts/images/{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type.File_x0020_Type.mapico}"/></xsl:when><xsl:otherwise><xsl:variable name="alttext"><xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@FileLeafRef"/><xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes" ddwrt:nbsp-preserve="yes">&#10;</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/../@managecheckedoutfiles_header_checkedoutby"/>: <xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@CheckoutUser.title"/></xsl:variable><img border="0" alt="{$alttext}" title="{$alttext}" src="/_layouts/images/{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type.File_x0020_Type.mapico}" /><img src="/_layouts/images/checkoutoverlay.gif" class="ms-vb-icon-overlay" alt="{$alttext}" title="{$alttext}" />                            </xsl:otherwise></xsl:choose>                  </xsl:when><xsl:otherwise ><img border="0" alt="{$thisNode/@FileLeafRef}" title="{$thisNode/@FileLeafRef}" src="/_layouts/images/{$thisNode/@IconOverlay.mapico}" /><img src="/_layouts/images/{$thisNode/@IconOverlay.mapoly}" class="ms-vb-icon-overlay" alt="" title="" /></xsl:otherwise></xsl:choose></a></xsl:when><xsl:otherwise><img border="0" src="/_layouts/images/{$thisNode/@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type.File_x0020_Type.mapico}"><xsl:attribute name="alt"><xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@Title"/></xsl:attribute><xsl:attribute name="title"><xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@Title"/></xsl:attribute></img></xsl:otherwise></xsl:choose></xsl:otherwise></xsl:choose></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>