diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.h b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.h
--- a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.h
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@
     bool wheelEvent(QGraphicsSceneWheelEvent* event, const QTransform& transform);
     bool resizeEvent(QGraphicsSceneResizeEvent* event, const QTransform& transform);
 
+    void doubleClickViewBackground(Qt::MouseButton button);
+
 private:
     bool m_singleClickActivationEnforced;
     bool m_selectionTogglePressed;
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.cpp
@@ -23,19 +23,27 @@
 
 #include "kitemlistcontroller.h"
 
+#include "dolphin_generalsettings.h"
+#include "dolphinmainwindow.h"
 #include "kitemlistselectionmanager.h"
 #include "kitemlistview.h"
 #include "private/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager.h"
 #include "private/kitemlistrubberband.h"
 #include "views/draganddrophelper.h"
+#include "views/dolphinview.h"
+
+#include <KActionCollection>
+#include <KShell>
 
 #include <QAccessible>
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QComboBox>
 #include <QDrag>
 #include <QGraphicsScene>
 #include <QGraphicsSceneEvent>
 #include <QGraphicsView>
 #include <QMimeData>
+#include <QProcess>
 #include <QTimer>
 
 KItemListController::KItemListController(KItemModelBase* model, KItemListView* view, QObject* parent) :
@@ -795,11 +803,52 @@
     return false;
 }
 
+void KItemListController::doubleClickViewBackground(Qt::MouseButton button)
+{
+    GeneralSettings* settings = GeneralSettings::self();
+    QString clickAction;
+    QString clickCustomAction;
+    if (button == Qt::LeftButton) {
+        clickAction = settings->doubleClickViewAction();
+        clickCustomAction = settings->doubleClickViewCustomAction();
+    } else {
+        return;
+    }
+    DolphinView *view = qobject_cast<DolphinView*>(parent()->parent());
+    DolphinMainWindow *mainWindow = (DolphinMainWindow *)QApplication::activeWindow();
+    if (mainWindow == nullptr || view == nullptr || clickAction == "none") {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (clickAction == "custom") {
+        // run custom command set by the user
+        QString path = view->url().toLocalFile();
+        // replace {path} with the actual path wrapped in quotes
+        clickCustomAction.replace("{path}", path.prepend('"').append('"'));
+        QStringList args = KShell::splitArgs(clickCustomAction);
+        QString processName = args.takeAt(0);
+        QProcess *process = new QProcess();
+        process->start(processName, args);
+    } else {
+        // find the action set by the user and trigger it
+        QList<QAction *> actions = mainWindow->actionCollection()->actions();
+        for (QAction *action : actions) {
+            if (clickAction == action->objectName()) {
+                action->trigger();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 bool KItemListController::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent* event, const QTransform& transform)
 {
     const QPointF pos = transform.map(event->pos());
     const int index = m_view->itemAt(pos);
 
+    if (index == -1) {
+        doubleClickViewBackground(event->button());
+    }
+
     // Expand item if desired - See Bug 295573
     if (m_mouseDoubleClickAction != ActivateItemOnly) {
         if (m_view && m_model && m_view->supportsItemExpanding() && m_model->isExpandable(index)) {
diff --git a/src/settings/dolphin_generalsettings.kcfg b/src/settings/dolphin_generalsettings.kcfg
--- a/src/settings/dolphin_generalsettings.kcfg
+++ b/src/settings/dolphin_generalsettings.kcfg
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@
             <label>Use tab for switching between right and left split</label>
             <default>false</default>
         </entry>
+        <entry name="DoubleClickViewAction" type="String">
+            <label>Select Action</label>
+        </entry>
+        <entry name="DoubleClickViewCustomAction" type="String">
+            <label>Custom Action</label>
+        </entry>
         <entry name="CloseActiveSplitView" type="Bool">
             <label>Close active pane when toggling off split view</label>
             <default>true</default>
diff --git a/src/settings/navigation/navigationsettingspage.h b/src/settings/navigation/navigationsettingspage.h
--- a/src/settings/navigation/navigationsettingspage.h
+++ b/src/settings/navigation/navigationsettingspage.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 #include "settings/settingspagebase.h"
 
 class QCheckBox;
+class QComboBox;
+class QLabel;
+class QLineEdit;
 
 /**
  * @brief Page for the 'Navigation' settings of the Dolphin settings dialog.
@@ -42,10 +45,14 @@
 
 private:
     void loadSettings();
+    void setCustomActionVisibility();
 
 private:
     QCheckBox* m_openArchivesAsFolder;
     QCheckBox* m_autoExpandFolders;
+    QComboBox *m_doubleClickViewComboBox;
+    QLineEdit *m_doubleClickViewCustomAction;
+    QLabel *m_doubleClickViewCustomActionInfo;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/settings/navigation/navigationsettingspage.cpp b/src/settings/navigation/navigationsettingspage.cpp
--- a/src/settings/navigation/navigationsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/settings/navigation/navigationsettingspage.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,17 @@
 #include "navigationsettingspage.h"
 
 #include "dolphin_generalsettings.h"
+#include "dolphinmainwindow.h"
+#include "global.h"
 
+#include <KActionCollection>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
+#include <QApplication>
 #include <QCheckBox>
+#include <QComboBox>
+#include <QLabel>
+#include <QLineEdit>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 
 NavigationSettingsPage::NavigationSettingsPage(QWidget* parent) :
@@ -45,10 +52,88 @@
 
     topLayout->addWidget(vBox);
 
+    // --------------------- //
+    // START double click view background
+    vBoxLayout->addItem(new QSpacerItem(0,
+                                        Dolphin::VERTICAL_SPACER_HEIGHT,
+                                        QSizePolicy::Fixed,
+                                        QSizePolicy::Fixed));
+
+    // list of actions allowed to be triggered by double click
+    QStringList allowedActions;
+    allowedActions << "new_tab"
+                   << "open_terminal"
+                   << "show_terminal_panel"
+                   << "go_up"
+                   << "go_home"
+                   << "split_view"
+                   << "editable_location"
+                   << "replace_location"
+                   << "show_filter_bar"
+                   << "show_preview"
+                   << "show_hidden_files"
+                   << "view_properties"
+                   << "edit_paste"
+                   << "edit_find"
+                   << "create_dir"
+                   << "show_in_groups"
+                   << "file_new"
+                   << "edit_select_all"
+                   << "go_back";
+
+    // create actions combo-box and add actions
+    m_doubleClickViewComboBox = new QComboBox();
+    m_doubleClickViewComboBox->addItem(QIcon::fromTheme("empty"),
+                          i18nc("@item:inlistbox", "None"),
+                          QStringLiteral("none"));
+    m_doubleClickViewComboBox->addItem(QIcon::fromTheme("list-add"),
+                          i18nc("@item:inlistbox", "Custom"),
+                          QStringLiteral("custom"));
+    m_doubleClickViewComboBox->insertSeparator(2);
+
+    DolphinMainWindow *mainWindow = (DolphinMainWindow *)QApplication::activeWindow();
+    if (mainWindow != nullptr) {
+        QList<QAction *> actions = mainWindow->actionCollection()->actions();
+        // find the actions present in both allowedActions and actionCollection
+        // and add them to the combo-box
+        for (QAction *action : actions) {
+            if (!allowedActions.contains(action->objectName())) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            QString actionText = action->text();
+            // remove ampersand used to define the action's shortcut
+            for (int i = 0; i < actionText.size(); i++) {
+                if (actionText.at(i) == QLatin1Char('&')) {
+                    actionText.remove(i, 1);
+                }
+            }
+            m_doubleClickViewComboBox->addItem(action->icon(), actionText, action->objectName());
+        }
+    }
+    QLabel *label = new QLabel("View Double Click Action");
+    vBoxLayout->addWidget(label);
+    vBoxLayout->addWidget(m_doubleClickViewComboBox);
+
+    m_doubleClickViewCustomAction = new QLineEdit();
+    vBoxLayout->addWidget(m_doubleClickViewCustomAction);
+    m_doubleClickViewCustomActionInfo = new QLabel(i18nc("@label", "Use %1 if you need the path "
+                                                    "of the current folder in your script.\n"
+                                                    "Example: dolphin %1").arg("{path}"));
+    m_doubleClickViewCustomActionInfo->hide();
+    vBoxLayout->addWidget(m_doubleClickViewCustomActionInfo);
+    // END double click view background
+    // --------------------- //
+
     loadSettings();
 
     connect(m_openArchivesAsFolder, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, &NavigationSettingsPage::changed);
     connect(m_autoExpandFolders, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, &NavigationSettingsPage::changed);
+    connect(m_doubleClickViewCustomAction, &QLineEdit::textChanged,
+            this, &NavigationSettingsPage::changed);
+    connect(m_doubleClickViewComboBox, QOverload<int>::of(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged),
+            this, &NavigationSettingsPage::changed);
+    connect(m_doubleClickViewComboBox, QOverload<int>::of(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged),
+            this, [=]() { setCustomActionVisibility(); });
 }
 
 NavigationSettingsPage::~NavigationSettingsPage()
@@ -60,6 +145,8 @@
     GeneralSettings* settings = GeneralSettings::self();
     settings->setBrowseThroughArchives(m_openArchivesAsFolder->isChecked());
     settings->setAutoExpandFolders(m_autoExpandFolders->isChecked());
+    settings->setDoubleClickViewCustomAction(m_doubleClickViewCustomAction->text());
+    settings->setDoubleClickViewAction(m_doubleClickViewComboBox->currentData().toString());
 
     settings->save();
 }
@@ -76,5 +163,19 @@
 {
     m_openArchivesAsFolder->setChecked(GeneralSettings::browseThroughArchives());
     m_autoExpandFolders->setChecked(GeneralSettings::autoExpandFolders());
+    int index = m_doubleClickViewComboBox->findData(GeneralSettings::doubleClickViewAction());
+    (index != -1) ? m_doubleClickViewComboBox->setCurrentIndex(index) : m_doubleClickViewComboBox->setCurrentIndex(0);
+    m_doubleClickViewCustomAction->setText(GeneralSettings::doubleClickViewCustomAction());
+    setCustomActionVisibility();
 }
 
+void NavigationSettingsPage::setCustomActionVisibility()
+{
+    if (m_doubleClickViewComboBox->currentIndex() == 1) {
+        m_doubleClickViewCustomAction->show();
+        m_doubleClickViewCustomActionInfo->show();
+    } else {
+        m_doubleClickViewCustomAction->hide();
+        m_doubleClickViewCustomActionInfo->hide();
+    }
+}