Re: [Usability] File open dialog double/single click issue

[Toms <toms baugis gmail com>]

Filed http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511269 (i hope i
haven't created a dupe).
So further discussion can go there.

On Jan 22, 2008 2:41 PM, Calum Benson <Calum Benson sun com> wrote:
>
> On 21 Jan 2008, at 23:37, Toms wrote:
>
> > Hi all and thanks for the GNOME!
> >
> > I have a short question:
> > In the file browsing dialogs, like file->open, the left pane (folders
> > and favorites) responds to single click, but the right one, where you
> > have files and folders - to doubleclick.
> > There are no visual clues that would hint for the single click on left
> > pane, and i find myself forgetting which one was which time after
> > time.
> >
> > I was wondering if there is any background on this behavior or just
> > happens to be so.
>
> Left pane was double click until very recently, but so many people
> complained about it that it was changed to single click IIRC...
>
> On the face of it, although I was in favour of the change myself
> (because I kept single-clicking the left pane and wondering why
> nothing had happened), it is rather hard to explain why they should
> different.  The right pane obviously uses double click to be
> consistent with the file manager, but, for whatever reason, most
> people seem to expect to single click the bookmarks list.
>
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
>
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