How many clicks on Unity launcher?

Jim Byrnes jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Mon Dec 17 03:57:03 UTC 2012


On 12/16/2012 09:20 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net
> <mailto: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."
>

Under Pointer Speed -> Acceleration & Sensitivity are both all the way 
to the left. The slowest and lowest available.

Double Click Timeout is about 1/3 of the way between Short and Long.

Regards,  Jim






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