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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Proposal to change mouse click handling
From:       "Jamethiel Knorth" <jamethknorth () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2004-07-08 16:58:46
Message-ID: BAY7-F2uqaRjXHltO7W0000214e () hotmail ! com
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>From: Dik Takken <D.H.J.Takken@phys.uu.nl>
>Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:55:34 +0200 (CEST)
>
>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.

I'll agree with that proposal.

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