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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Proposal to change mouse click handling
From:       Dik Takken <D.H.J.Takken () phys ! uu ! nl>
Date:       2004-07-07 12:55:34
Message-ID: Pine.OSF.4.60.0407071451280.491348 () ruunat ! phys ! uu ! nl
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On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Art Carney wrote:

> On July 6, 2004 08:38 am, Dik Takken wrote:
>> Ok, here is a new version of the original proposition:
>>
>>   * Add support for double-click folding
>>   * Add support for double-click splitting (into two single clicks)
>>   * In single-click mode, double click folding should be default for:
>>     - Desktop icons
>>     - Kicker icons
>>     - Iconview items
>>     - Other things that would confuse the Redmond converts
>>   * Double click folding can be disabled in the mouse config
>>   * Toolbar buttons should have a 'CanReceiveDoubleclicks' property
>>     (accessible only to the developer)
>>   * Double click splitting is applied to all toolbar buttons that have
>>     the 'CanReceiveDoubleclicks' set to false, which should be default.
>>
>
>
> Sounds good, I hope some of the kdecore and kdelibs people will weigh in on
> what looks like a definite usability improvement for KDE 4. Do you have to be
> subscribed to a KDE list to cc it?

Yes, you do.

> I'm not sure how readily the toolbar double-clicking can be executed. It would
> be best if it were treated as a separate issue, imho.

Agree.

If the other people on this list agree with the new proposal, 
I can submit a seperate KDE 4 wishlist item for the 
'CanReceiveDoubleclicks' property to the KDE bug database, and refer to 
this thread. I guess the core developers will find it there.

Dik
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