Re: [Ayatana] Default to single click to open files and folders

[Jan-Christoph Borchardt <inquata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18 May 2010 14:59, Akshat Jain <ssj6akshat1234@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> An interested workaround can be that we diable clicking on the same item for
> 1 or 2 seconds so that heavy double-clickers will not open two windows
> instead of one.Problem Solved.

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On 13 May 2010 02:19, Luke Morton <luke.morton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 01:59 +0200, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote:
>> On 13 May 2010 01:49, Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > we'll have to handle when people double click so we dont open multiple
>> > instances when people expect the previous behaviour.
>>
>> That would be solved by applying the double-click recognition in
>> reverse: If a click follows another one in less than 500ms, it is
>> ignored. Or did I miss another situation where that would break
>> something?
>
> Selecting text is still possible by double-clicking, as is tap-and-drag
> on touch interfaces so a global catch all wouldn't work.