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

submitted 9 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] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Kinda disappointed actually. It's in my top ten best features if KDE. Single click is so much faster and easier. No other OS has gotten this right.

As long as they dont take it away. But since most people now won't know it's there they are unlikely to find out just how great it is.

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

Windows had it for ages

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

Windows had it for ages

Windows single click never worked right. I don't use the little check box or selection. I use both Windows and Linux, and windows stays in Double click even though I have been doing single on KDE since as long as I can remember.

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

It's great except when there's no "white space" to easily do a drag select. Or I'm just an idiot and do it wrong.

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

In Dolphin, there is a "+" icon in the top right corner on hover for selection.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I use ctrl-click to select

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My left hand is busy