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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] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's not so crazy. Most people choose a DE for the defaults

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

I'm sorry, but this to me, sounds insane and kind of lazy. You can't go to the settings and make a couple of changes???? People really can't do that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I can understand why someone don't want to use GNOME, because the defaults can suck for some people. And not everything is configurable. But KDE? Can be configured about anything imaginable. While I understand that not everyone want to go full in to learn everything, I still don't get the default setting for a simple switch like double/single mouse click is a big deal not to use the environment.

If you really like KDE and are used to it, then you won't change to something else just because the next update changes the default value (for new installations only BTW) of mouse click setting.