KDE Plasma 6 will require users to double-click on files and folders to open them (by default; the setting is configurable). Controversial change? It
  • KDE Plasma 6 will require users to double-click on files and folders to open them by default.
  • This change is controversial for those familiar with single-click behavior in KDE Plasma.
  • Click behavior in KDE Plasma 6 is configurable, allowing users to choose between single-click and double-click.

https://archive.ph/BseL3

This is one of the first things I always tweak in KDE, so I love this change, but I’m curious how others feel.

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
      41·
      10 months ago

      It should throw up a prompt to ask, if you really want to run it. You might have disabled that…

        • Ephera@lemmy.ml
          1·
          10 months ago

          I appreciate the joke, but well, yes. The difference being that it’s only for executables and you need to do click-move-click rather than the usual double-click, so it’s even harder to accidentally trigger.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
      63·
      10 months ago

      I’d be okay with a compromise like single click for folders, double click for files

      • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        That’s inconsistent though and possibly worse than either other option (but better than single click files double click folders at least, yeesh)

      • Jestzer@lemmy.world
        71·
        10 months ago

        Which is just another, less convenient way of turning a single click into two, no?

        • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
          31·
          10 months ago

          You’re not running executables from a file manager very often with Linux

        • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          no, because it only applies to executables.

          idk about you, but I only run executables from dolphin once every full moon, or so. And even if it was frequently, it doesn’t come close to the number of folders I open that only need a single click.

          • Jestzer@lemmy.world
            1·
            10 months ago

            I guess it depends on habits, then. I use them all the time. Not as much as folders, but enough that I would rather the 2 have the same behavior.

            • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              Right. I use a proper launcher for anything I execute constantly - like Gnome shell or KRunner on KDE. Scripts I usually run in the terminal to see their output. So it’s really rare for me to run anything by clicking on it using Dolphin.