• KDE Plasma 6 will require users to double-click on files and folders to open them by default.
  • This change is controversial for those familiar with single-click behavior in KDE Plasma.
  • Click behavior in KDE Plasma 6 is configurable, allowing users to choose between single-click and double-click.

https://archive.ph/BseL3


This is one of the first things I always tweak in KDE, so I love this change, but I'm curious how others feel.

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[–] 117 points 2 years ago (24 children)

Way too easy to accidentally run a program with single click

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

    not really, just set to "always ask" or when opening an executable.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Which is just another, less convenient way of turning a single click into two, no?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You're not running executables from a file manager very often with Linux

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    no, because it only applies to executables.

    idk about you, but I only run executables from dolphin once every full moon, or so. And even if it was frequently, it doesn't come close to the number of folders I open that only need a single click.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I guess it depends on habits, then. I use them all the time. Not as much as folders, but enough that I would rather the 2 have the same behavior.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Right. I use a proper launcher for anything I execute constantly - like Gnome shell or KRunner on KDE. Scripts I usually run in the terminal to see their output. So it's really rare for me to run anything by clicking on it using Dolphin.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    It should throw up a prompt to ask, if you really want to run it. You might have disabled that...

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    You mean... a prompt that needs a second click to run the program?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I appreciate the joke, but well, yes. The difference being that it's only for executables and you need to do click-move-click rather than the usual double-click, so it's even harder to accidentally trigger.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Yes, mine does that. Files open with one click, programs need confirmation.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    That seems more like and accessibility feature, like what someone with a muscle spasm disorder would find helpful.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    I mean, yeah, muscle spasm disorder or my dumb ass absent-mindedly opening files in my download folder or Jester from HR, who doesn't know that a job application shouldn't have the executable icon. For all of us, it improves accessibility, because we don't need to be as cautious anymore.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    It cuts in half the average number of clicks when navigating the file manager. Accessibility or not, it's a welcome change imo.

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