-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I forwarded a copy of this to the kde-usability mailing list. I thought it was an important topic to discuss. On Friday 01 March 2002 12:52 am, Eric Christopherson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 05:06:09PM +0100, Franz Keferboeck wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Wednesday 27 February 2002 15:46, James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. wrote: > > > --------------- Forwarded message (begin) > > > > > > Subject: middle mouse button = double click ? > > > From: James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:31:27 -0500 > > > > > > Is it possible to do this in KDE ? > > > > Why should that be neccessary? There's no need for double-clicks in KDE > > at all, and the function of the middle-mouse-button is _really_ nice and > > useable! > > Last I knew, there are still some odd situations in KDE that use double > clicks, such as in some file dialogs, and also to expand some lists (of > course you could also click the + next to them). Every since KDE 1.0 I've > loved how you can do so much with a single click that I've come to > absolutely hate double clicking, but there are still some areas such as > those I mentioned where double clicking is still the apparently preferred > method, and I think those should be cleaned up and made more consistent > with the single-click idea (or of course if the user chooses to make icons > double-clickable, make these items so too :) ) > > Also, I'd like to see better handling of the functionality that autoselects > items when you rest the mouse on them for a set time. It works nicely with > file manager icons, but I find it really annoying and suboptimal that e.g. > in the Control Center whenever I inadvertently rest the mouse on Window > Behavior or whatever, that gets highlighted (but yet it doesn't actually > get *activated*). > > Third, I'd like to see a distinction made between clicking on icons and > clicking on file names. On most GUI platforms I know of (Windows, Mac, > GNOME at least), when you just click on the filename and not its icon, it > allows you to rename the file. It's much more awkward in Konqueror if you > have single-click on, because you have to right-click on it, pick rename, > and then type the name, or alternately you can select it and hit F2 (but of > course it's hard to select in that mode). > > Sorry about the rambling. Those are my 2c of wishlist items :) > > whatever
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