KDE Goes and Does It (Double-Click By Default, That Is) - OMG! Linux

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  • 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.

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I'm a single click person, but I welcome this change. Those who like single click already know where to change it. This is good for new users.

It makes file system navigation much faster and more pleasant imo, I'm definitely reverting this.

How do you select without executing?

There's a little + that you can click on the icons.
Or, you can use the keyboard arrows and spacebar.

Not sure if there's others.

Edit: Just found another one actually. Middle-clicking selects without opening.
This works better than the little + on the icons because the + behaves like a "ctrl-click."

personally, I don't like the plus icons (I'd prefer it if they were simple checkboxes), so any one of:

  • (mouse-only) drag a selection box from an empty area
  • (mouse-only) right click directly, already opening the context menu to copy, cut, rename, share, etc - which is often the goal when selecting a single item.
  • Ctrl+Click
  • Shift+Click
  • (kb-only) Arrow keys

I've always used the little plus sign on icons. It's ingrained into my brain. I even did the same on windows before switching to Linux 6 years ago. Single click and the little check box on Windows.

check box

Its funny, I single click in KDE since 3.X or when ever it was introduced. But I never really used the check boxes.

I haven't tried it but if it works the same as a mobile OS you long click to select. Single click to execute.

Edit: apparently that's not how it works. There is a checkbox on every icon that you have to click directly on the check box to select/unselect.

Doubt you'll have to revert this. I don't think they switch you back to defaults when updating.

If it wasn't default, I likely would have never tried single click, which I prefer now.