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KDE Goes and Does It (Double-Click By Default, That Is) - OMG! Linux (www.omglinux.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 90 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm a single click person, but I welcome this change. Those who like single click already know where to change it. This is good for new users.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It makes file system navigation much faster and more pleasant imo, I'm definitely reverting this.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (5 children)

How do you select without executing?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There's a little + that you can click on the icons.
Or, you can use the keyboard arrows and spacebar.

Not sure if there's others.

Edit: Just found another one actually. Middle-clicking selects without opening.
This works better than the little + on the icons because the + behaves like a "ctrl-click."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

CTRL + Click

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

personally, I don't like the plus icons (I'd prefer it if they were simple checkboxes), so any one of:

(mouse-only) drag a selection box from an empty area
(mouse-only) right click directly, already opening the context menu to copy, cut, rename, share, etc - which is often the goal when selecting a single item.
Ctrl+Click
Shift+Click
(kb-only) Arrow keys

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I've always used the little plus sign on icons. It's ingrained into my brain. I even did the same on windows before switching to Linux 6 years ago. Single click and the little check box on Windows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

check box

Its funny, I single click in KDE since 3.X or when ever it was introduced. But I never really used the check boxes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I haven't tried it but if it works the same as a mobile OS you long click to select. Single click to execute.

Edit: apparently that's not how it works. There is a checkbox on every icon that you have to click directly on the check box to select/unselect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I wish a long click worked on desktop though...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Doubt you'll have to revert this. I don't think they switch you back to defaults when updating.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

If it wasn't default, I likely would have never tried single click, which I prefer now.