How many clicks on Unity launcher?

Tommy Trussell tommy.trussell at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 03:20:51 UTC 2012


On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 12/16/2012 08:14 PM, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
>
>> On 12-12-16 06:20 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>
>>> Should an application run with one click or two on it's icon on the
>>> launcher?
>>>
>>> I just installed 12.04 sometimes I can run a program with one click and
>>> other times it takes two.  Usually the first thing I open is Firefox
>>> followed by Thunderbird.  They require two clicks while the terminal
>>> icon I pinned to the launcher only needs one.  If I close and reopen
>>> Firefox one click will open it.
>>>
>>> What are the rules regarding this?
>>>
>>>
>> The rule is simple: it should always only require a single click.
>>
>> What happens when you click it just once? Does it throb?
>>
>> Marc.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Yes the icon moves slightly up and to the left a little and then returns
> to it's original position.
>
> Regards,  Jim
>

That sounds like the mouse sensitivity is high and the launcher is
interpreting the click as a click-and-drag. You might try opening the
"Mouse and Touchpad" control application and adjust the sensitivity to
"Low."
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