RE: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps



Why is it not possible to have 'single click where you normally double
click' as a setting as in Windows etc?  It does mean that hyperlinks or
desktop icon cannot be highlighted, but to rename icons for example one
would have to employ a right click menu.

David

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnome-accessibility-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:gnome-
> accessibility-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Dotan Cohen
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 3:57 AM
> To: Joanmarie Diggs
> Cc: Gnome Usability; gnome-accessibility-list gnome org; gnome-
> list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps
> 
> On 14 May 2010 05:54, Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com>
wrote:
> > Hi Dotan.
> >
> >> Can an accessibility or usability expert please take a look at the
> >> following bug:
> >> "Single-click mode for all Gnome apps"
> >> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358731
> >
> > In the Mouse Preferences dialog on the Accessibility page, I see a
> > checkbox whose label is 'Trigger secondary click by holding down the
> > primary button'. When that checkbox is checked, a Delay left-right
> > slider becomes enabled in which you can specify the duration that
the
> > primary button must be held down.
> >
> > Does this address your needs?
> >
> 
> Thanks, Joanie, but that does not sound much better than a
> double-click would be (one long click). Can that slider be reduced to
> 0 time, effectively making it a single click?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
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