Re: [Usability] Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

[Dotan Cohen <dotancohen gmail com>]

2010/5/17 Kristoffer Lundén <kristoffer lunden gmail com>:
> In Vista at least, you have a great feature for single click mode, where in
> icon/desktop mode, a checkbox appears in the corner on hover, so it's easy
> to select OR run with a single click, and it's real easy to select a few
> scattered files without resorting to CTRL. In list views, there's a checkbox
> column instead.

KDE 4 has this as well, I love it!


> I may have gotten a detail or two wrong, I only used it for a very short
> period at work, and it was about 2 years ago, but this feature (if nothing
> else) worked wonders for ease of use with single click.
> I sent a suggestion for this feature back then to Nautilus list which as I
> recall it met with general approval, but noone had the time to do it (which
> is fine, of course). :)

Of course, the issue of single-click is valid even if there are no
"checkmarks" for selecting.

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