KDE Goes and Does It (Double-Click By Default, That Is) - OMG! Linux

Single click is for web page links, not my computer.

I'm a single click person, but I welcome this change. Those who like single click already know where to change it. This is good for new users.

Single click was always the first setting I changed.

I’m actually kinda suspicious any Linux user would actually want a single click default.

I honestly forgot that single-click is the default behavior in Plasma. I set up new desktop environments so rarely, and this is such an infuriating default behavior that I change it immediately. Glad to hear this is changing.

My parents found single-click much more intuitive, because everything else (web browser, phone) uses single-click.

For all those single-click fans:

• how do you quickly rename a file?
• how do you even drag-drop instead of opening stuff?
• how do you select files?
• how do you live?

Saying "well kids use web stuff and Android and dont know what a single click is" is basically neglecting the use of a mouse. I love at least 3 buttons, hovering and fast clicks.

The Year of Linux on the Desktop has finally come guys.

When I first switched to KDE, this issue took up roughly 15 seconds of my time as I saw what was happening and went exploring for the setting to change the behavior. Apart from having to change the setting again from time to time, I have spent exactly zero seconds thinking about it and exactly zero seconds wondering which approach was the "best" since then. I wonder how honest it is for this site to refer to a "debate"; it's hard for me to imagine anyone giving a shit beyond setting their own system up the way they like it.

I think it's great. I think it's impossible to use dolphin with single click since it goes into folders or starts files when clicking on them once.

Anyone knows the historic reason for single click? Plasma was inspired by some older system?

I've been using my install script for so long, I've forgotten that single click was the default. I guess that's at least one extra line I can remove.

A day of sorrow indeed... No, joking aside. I gather most people use double click anyway, so this is a good change for that reason. I've never really understood it myself (the primary function of the left click being "select" when everywhere else it's "open" or "go to this thing"?? Alien stuff).

I'm just glad KDE listens to it's users and adapts to them. Looking forward to the release!

They can change the default settings as long as they leave the option to change it available.

This is wholesome in a strange way.

I'm also always changing this first, so i agree with the change.

I personally also welcome this change, as I have changed that setting anyway and of those people I know, they also changed that behaviour immediately. But as long as you can change it and it isn't forced on you to only use one method, it's great.

Ah yes... I remember when IE 4 came to Windows and introduced single clicking. What a terrible idea.

So be it. I don't understand why there is so much debate around such simple setting.

I could've sworn I already double click in Dolphin.

Double click to open files/folders Single click to highlight file/folders Hover to focus on window

Perfection

My problem with it: It was not consistent when using KDE:

In Dolpin, it's a single click.....

When downloading something in Firefox and choosing the location, it's a double click.

As someone who hasn't touched KDE in years, can someone fill me in: How did you previously select a folder without opening it?

Is this a change I'm too "command line" to care about?

Kinda disappointed actually. It's in my top ten best features if KDE. Single click is so much faster and easier. No other OS has gotten this right.

As long as they dont take it away. But since most people now won't know it's there they are unlikely to find out just how great it is.

I never thought I'd see the day

Ok but when do we get to change the drag and drop behavior so it just moves the folder instead of opening a menu

Honestly I just love that Plasma closely resembles the Windows 10/11 UI. Not that I like Windows, but because I have to deal with Windows from time to time.

Switching between Gnome UI and Windows 10/11 UI requires an effort to me. Switching betweek Plasma and Windows - almost no difference.

Plasma is fucking great!

This truely is the darkest timeline

Um, I just switched from gnome to plasma about three or four months ago. I don't keep anything at all in my desktop I didn't realize that it was single click.

No one wins no matter what they choose. Those of us who have switched over to single click either now need to adapt or make the tweak.

I guess this a good default for bringing over Windows converts

I really like single click but since this is just about the new default then I don't really care

This + some other quirks are what have kept me off KDE for a good while. I understand wanting to do things differently, possibly easier -- but it's hard to break old habits.

Normal people won

Shame that they gave in to the haters, single click is great. Far more intuitive too, as you'd immediately tell if you ever had to guide your parents around a computer constantly reminding them in which arbitrary situation you're meant to double click and in which to single click.

I want right-click to be the default. 🤭

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. In the the next issue of Linux Magazine Torvalds talks about the new default in the single click behavior of Plasma: "KDE, fuck you"

Both plasma and gnome will get zero clicks from me. They are the two black holes sucking free open source software into their m{ac,s}-win core.

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