• KDE Plasma 6 will require users to double-click on files and folders to open them by default.
  • This change is controversial for those familiar with single-click behavior in KDE Plasma.
  • Click behavior in KDE Plasma 6 is configurable, allowing users to choose between single-click and double-click.

https://archive.ph/BseL3


This is one of the first things I always tweak in KDE, so I love this change, but I’m curious how others feel.

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        9 months ago

        Which is just another, less convenient way of turning a single click into two, no?

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          9 months ago

          You’re not running executables from a file manager very often with Linux

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          9 months ago

          no, because it only applies to executables.

          idk about you, but I only run executables from dolphin once every full moon, or so. And even if it was frequently, it doesn’t come close to the number of folders I open that only need a single click.

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            9 months ago

            I guess it depends on habits, then. I use them all the time. Not as much as folders, but enough that I would rather the 2 have the same behavior.

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              9 months ago

              Right. I use a proper launcher for anything I execute constantly - like Gnome shell or KRunner on KDE. Scripts I usually run in the terminal to see their output. So it’s really rare for me to run anything by clicking on it using Dolphin.

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      9 months ago

      I’d be okay with a compromise like single click for folders, double click for files

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        9 months ago

        That’s inconsistent though and possibly worse than either other option (but better than single click files double click folders at least, yeesh)

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      9 months ago

      It should throw up a prompt to ask, if you really want to run it. You might have disabled that…

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          9 months ago

          I appreciate the joke, but well, yes. The difference being that it’s only for executables and you need to do click-move-click rather than the usual double-click, so it’s even harder to accidentally trigger.

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            9 months ago

            That seems more like and accessibility feature, like what someone with a muscle spasm disorder would find helpful.

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              9 months ago

              I mean, yeah, muscle spasm disorder or my dumb ass absent-mindedly opening files in my download folder or Jester from HR, who doesn’t know that a job application shouldn’t have the executable icon. For all of us, it improves accessibility, because we don’t need to be as cautious anymore.

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              9 months ago

              It cuts in half the average number of clicks when navigating the file manager. Accessibility or not, it’s a welcome change imo.

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                9 months ago

                I think you’re not following along here. One click was the default, they’re changing it from that to two clicks by default.

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      9 months ago

      Joke’s on you, I run Nix, the program won’t even start unless I steam-run it