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

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

click it
as it instantly opens you realise you didn't change that setting yet and go change it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Snark aside, this is probably a more common solution than using Ctrl-click or clicking the tiny "+" icon as was intended.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Drag a selection box around it, or use ctrl. Or right click.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Control + Left click

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

There's a symbol at the top left of the file or directory icon to select the item rather than open. It's stays there even if you have double click to open

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

If you have a list, click on the item to open, click next to it to select.