On 2/22/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robin, > > Robin Menneer wrote: > > >> I'm not sure if this is a complete description, but items on the desk > >> top require a double click in a default Ubuntu set-up. Menus and stuff > >> on the top and bottom panel need only a single click. Links in WEB > >> browsers and mailers only need a single click. Files etc in the nautilus > >> file browser need a double click. > >> > >> I've probably missed something but that covers quite a lot! > > > Thanks - it's more complicated than I feared and lets Ubuntu down badly. > > I think the issue is Nautilus! Pretty much everything is single click > except the things controlled by Nautilus which is the desk top and the > file browser. At least that is the default setting. It is possible to > configure nautilus to use a single click and then I'm pretty sure > everything is a single click (there may be some exceptions such as > navigating in a 'open file' dialogue box). > > I think it is set this way so that new/inexperienced users don't > accidentally open things up from the desk top etc by random clicking, > ironically enough! >
Is the answer to configure nautilus so that everything is single click? If so, how is it done and why isn't a single click set up as default - inexpereinced imbeciles are only confused with the unknown choice of one or two ? > Regards, > Tony. > -- > Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, > IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. > T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
