Editing Gnome for single click
Karl F. Larsen
klarsen1 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 8 00:00:28 UTC 2010
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2010/1/8 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
>> On 01/07/2010 12:34 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>>> Open nautilus - Edit|Preferences|Behavior|'Single click to open items' ?
>>>>
>>> Thanks, Gary, but that is already set. I need single click on all
>>> Gnome functions, for instance in the otherwise terrific gucharmap one
>>> must double-click to select a character. In general, that is bad. But
>>> in my case where I cannot double-click comfortably (disability) it is
>>> a deal-breaker. There are other applications which use Gnome settings,
>>> such as Zim-wiki.
>> gucharmap: I think you mean that you must double-click to add the
>> character to the 'text to copy' bar? Otherwise clicking on any character
>> selects that character. Rather than double-clicking (and I know of no
>> way to get the app to change), use the mouse to drag the character to
>> 'Text to copy'. Not sure if that may be more difficult for you given
>> your disability, but it is an option if you did not know about it.
>>
>
> Yes, I discovered dragging too. However, the issue is more general
> than just gucharmap, that was an example. In KDE the user can set it
> so that there is no longer a concept of double click, everything is a
> single click.
>
>
>
Dolan, setting what I did with 9.04 Gnome is 100% single
click. I just click once on anything on my Desktop and it
jumps into action. Hope you can find it for KDE.
73 Karl
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