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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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[-] db2@lemmy.world 192 points 10 months ago

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

[-] burgermeister@lemm.ee 117 points 10 months ago

Way too easy to accidentally run a program with single click

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 44 points 10 months ago

You mean... a prompt that needs a second click to run the program?

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 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.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Yes, mine does that. Files open with one click, programs need confirmation.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.

[-] elvith@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

Ransomware in Windows:
You need to allow macros to read this job application

Ransomware in Linux:
You need to run chmod +x application.ods.sh to read this job application

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

that reminds me of the albanian virus

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 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.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 1 points 10 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.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not referring to the default - (manually) changing it to a single click is a good thing.

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