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KDE Goes and Does It (Double-Click By Default, That Is) - OMG! Linux (www.omglinux.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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  • 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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[–] 26 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

I think it's great. I think it's impossible to use dolphin with single click since it goes into folders or starts files when clicking on them once.

Anyone knows the historic reason for single click? Plasma was inspired by some older system?

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

    I think it was windows 98 that introduced "hovering on an item" = single click and single click = double click. Disabled by default of course

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

    Use the terminal mostly anyway, but navigating deeply nested folders when you have to double click is slightly annoying so I can see the appeal.

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