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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