RE: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-14 Thread David Colven
- accessibility-list-boun...@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- l...@gnome.org Subject: Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps On 14 May 2010 05:54, Joanmarie Diggs

Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-14 Thread Calum Benson
On 14 May 2010, at 10:16, David Colven 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

Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14 May 2010 06:01, Joanmarie Diggs joanmarie.di...@gmail.com wrote: 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? In order to try it, it appears I would need to

Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14 May 2010 06:37, Joanmarie Diggs joanmarie.di...@gmail.com wrote: Hi again. Dotan, first I should apologize. Your message came in while I was trying to undo something I'd done which completely and utterly hosed my gdm. I should have either not answered or I should've made more time. My

Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14 May 2010 20:49, Calum Benson calum.ben...@oracle.com wrote: On 14 May 2010, at 10:16, David Colven 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,

Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14 May 2010 22:20, Steven Edwards cureadvoc...@gmail.com wrote: Dotan, The following workaround may help: Edit /usr/share/X11/xkb/compat/mousekeys Locate the following section:    interpret Pointer_Button_Dflt {        action= PointerButton(button=default);    }; Change the action

Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-13 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
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

Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14 May 2010 05:54, Joanmarie Diggs joanmarie.di...@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

Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-13 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
(Trying again sans screenshot so that the message goes through to the list. Note that I have since attached the screenshot to the bug.) 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

Re: Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

2010-05-13 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
Hi again. Dotan, first I should apologize. Your message came in while I was trying to undo something I'd done which completely and utterly hosed my gdm. I should have either not answered or I should've made more time. My saying this: In order to try it, it appears I would need to install