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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] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 43 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ransomware in Windows:
You need to allow macros to read this job application

Ransomware in Linux:
You need to run chmod +x application.ods.sh to read this job application

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

that reminds me of the albanian virus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think you're not following along here. One click was the default, they're changing it from that to two clicks by default.

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

I'm not referring to the default - (manually) changing it to a single click is a good thing.