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

[Dotan Cohen <dotancohen gmail com>]

On 14 May 2010 17:07, Dario Soto <dario soto gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:46 AM, David Colven <Colven ace-centre org uk> wrote:
>>
>> 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
> or a selection box with the left button

Exactly. In KDE and Windows in single-click mode file manager, one
clicks the file to open it, and if he needs to select it he can either
use the rubber-band feature (draw a rectangle around the icon) or can
use the Ctrl key to select multiple files. I think that Nautilus may
have this, but other Gnome apps, such as F-Spot also use double-click.
In fact, I really don't see any reason why F-Spot uses double click
instead of single click, as single click on the thumbnails does
nothing.


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