How to set the single click speed?

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2016-01-21 at 11:35 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 21 January 2016 at 10:31, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I shall be astonished if this is not a hardware problem with keyboard
> > and/or mouse.

+1

I've had mice start to double-click when I single-clicked, and one that
was "sticky" and released a third of a second or so after I released the
button. The cable can start to break (where it exits the mouse
especially), and the wheel axle (or mount, since it's often not a real
axle) sometimes either breaks so the wheel won't turn, only partly
turns, or loses fine control. I've had mice that kept clicking after I
stopped - dunno how that worked, maybe the contacts were not coming far
enough apart? I've had mice that didn't like one particular USB port - I
guess because either the port or the plug had become bent slightly out
of spec.

Anyway, if a mouse behaves oddly on your computer and another behaves
just fine, I would certainly first suspect the mouse. Even good ones are
so cheap these days it makes no sense to spend more than ten minutes
worrying about it - get a new one.

The modern optical mouse needs no more maintenance than to be treated
with mechanical respect (don't drop it or stress the cable or
connector), and to be kept free of dust and grime underneath.

If you are still using an old-style mouse though:

   http://neystadt.org/john/humor/IBM-Mouse-Balls.htm  (funny)
   http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Mouse-Ball (real)

Regards, K.

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