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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.

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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] 117 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Way too easy to accidentally run a program with single click

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'm talking about the typical user. There shouldn't be a need for them to be doing that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'd be okay with a compromise like single click for folders, double click for files

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's inconsistent though and possibly worse than either other option (but better than single click files double click folders at least, yeesh)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 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] 44 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 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 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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 9 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 9 months ago

that reminds me of the albanian virus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 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 9 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 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Joke's on you, I run Nix, the program won't even start unless I steam-run it

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago

No it isn't. It just doesn't happen.