kcontrol -> Hardware -> Mouse -> General -> Double-click to open files and folders (default?? Widows?)
21 Mar
2012
21 Mar
'12
8:07 p.m.
All,
Do we really want a double-click mouse by default? I've never seen this as the
default it kde -> took me a while to find it.
Any thoughts?
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
21 Mar
21 Mar
8:21 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] kcontrol -> Hardware -> Mouse -> General -> Double-click to open files and folders (default?? Widows?)
On 21 March 2012 23:07, David C. Rankin <drankinatty(a)suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
All,
Do we really want a double-click mouse by default? I've never seen this as the
default it kde -> took me a while to find it.
Any thoughts?
--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
I always thought a double click was sensible. Here's why. A single
click selects an item, this is useful for selecting multiple items,
dragging and dropping doing all sorts of cool stuff like preview
pictures. Single click opens can get in the way of that, not to
mention stray clicks between windows and other slipups. A double click
is intentional, and is hard to mistakingly double click on an item.
seems that would be a good reason to keep it as default.
Calvin
8:29 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] kcontrol -> Hardware -> Mouse -> General -> Double-click to open files and folders (default?? Widows?)
On 03/21/2012 10:21 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
I always thought a double click was sensible.
I did too, until I tried the single-click implementation in kde3 - blew me away
with the efficiencies it brings. The whole key is knowing where to click. In
konqueror, to select (set focus) without executing, click in the filename column
(to the right of the filename in the blank area - not on the filename), etc..
Once I began using single-click, I couldn't ever imagine going back to double-click.
Now don't get me wrong, I still use double-click on M$ because their
single-click implementation suck compared to tde, but man, Linux is a single
click wonder :)
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
23 Mar
23 Mar
6:34 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] kcontrol -> Hardware -> Mouse -> General -> Double-click to open files and folders (default?? Widows?)
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:29 AM, David C. Rankin <
drankinatty(a)suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
On 03/21/2012 10:21 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
I've been using it too. Actually I've noticed users new to computers have
trouble double clicking and single clicking is simpler for them. Perhaps
that is something worth dwelling upon.
Best regards,
Tiago
I always thought a double click was sensible.
I did too, until I tried the single-click implementation in kde3 - blew me
away
with the efficiencies it brings. The whole key is knowing where to click.
In
konqueror, to select (set focus) without executing, click in the filename
column
(to the right of the filename in the blank area - not on the filename),
etc..
Once I began using single-click, I couldn't ever imagine going back to
double-click.
Now don't get me wrong, I still use double-click on M$ because their
single-click implementation suck compared to tde, but man, Linux is a
single
click wonder :)
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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21 Mar
21 Mar
8:22 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] kcontrol -> Hardware -> Mouse -> General -> Double-click to open files and folders (default?? Widows?)
Do we really want a double-click mouse by default?
I've never seen this as the default it kde -> took me a while to find it.
Any thoughts?
Yeah, stop trying to convert the world. The savior complex has killed many people in
history. :)
Single click is for geeks and Mac dweebs. The remainder of the populace is accustomed to
double-click. That should be the default. I want people to use Trinity and that means
dealing with some things that are status quo. After they use Trinity regularly they can
learn about single click.
Change the defaults for your packages. I do.
In my build script, after the make and make install is complete, I perform housekeeping
chores. I have a small template kdeglobals config file in my tdebase build directory:
[General]
XftAntialias=true
XftHintStyle=hintfull
XftSubPixel=rgb
[KDE]
DoubleClickInterval=700
SingleClick=false
Notice I change the double click interval to something sane. The default requires people
to move their fingers faster than rabbits copulating.
In my build script I overwrite the default kdeglobals file with mine:
if [ ! -e $PKG${PREFIX}/share/config/kdeglobals ]; then
cat $CWD/config/kdeglobals > $PKG${PREFIX}/share/config/kdeglobals
chmod 644 $PKG${PREFIX}/share/config/kdeglobals
...
Just one example. :)
Darrell
8:41 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] kcontrol -> Hardware -> Mouse -> General -> Double-click to open files and folders (default?? Widows?)
On 03/21/2012 10:22 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
Yeah, stop trying to convert the world. The savior
complex has killed many people in history. :)
Not trying to convert the world - just making sure we wanted it that way. No big
deal either way, but if the first kde3 install I tried didn't have single-click
set, I probably would have continued with double-click oblivious to what
single-click can do :)
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
9:04 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] kcontrol -> Hardware -> Mouse -> General -> Double-click to open files and folders (default?? Widows?)
Not trying to convert the world - just making sure we
wanted
it that way. No big
deal either way, but if the first kde3 install I tried
didn't have single-click
set, I probably would have continued with double-click
oblivious to what
single-click can do :)
Just joshin' with ya as the smileys hopefully indicated. :)
The default was changed to double-click 2010-09-18 in GIT hash
5ec667408632981bb995a8af480429469d19d756.
Darrell
22 Mar
22 Mar
9:39 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] kcontrol -> Hardware -> Mouse -> General -> Double-click to open files and folders (default?? Widows?)
On 03/21/2012 11:04 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
Something positive did come out of the discussion. I found this while working
through the settings:
http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=926
No KDE restart required on this setting.
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Not trying to
convert the world - just making sure we wanted
it that way. No big
deal either way, but if the first kde3 install I tried
didn't have single-click
set, I probably would have continued with double-click
oblivious to what
single-click can do :)
Just joshin' with ya as the smileys hopefully indicated. :)
The default was changed to double-click 2010-09-18 in GIT hash
5ec667408632981bb995a8af480429469d19d756.
Darrell
21 Mar
21 Mar
8:22 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] kcontrol -> Hardware -> Mouse -> General -> Double-click to open files and folders (default?? Widows?)
On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, David C. Rankin wrote:
Do we really want a double-click mouse by default?
I've never seen this
as the default it kde -> took me a while to find it.
hmmm... I think I remember having to dig down in kcontrol on this
Trinity 3.5.11 to find out how to set it to single-click after the
install.
I could be wrong. That happens from time to time...
Jonesy
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