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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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[–] lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My problem with it: It was not consistent when using KDE:

In Dolpin, it's a single click.....

When downloading something in Firefox and choosing the location, it's a double click.

[–] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 10 months ago

Firefox doesn't use the KDE file picker by default. You can set widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker to 1 to use the desktop environment's native picker.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox#KDE_integration

[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

To be fair, even when both UI elements are both a part of Dolphin, the element shown when selecting files in a browser is different than a default Dolphin instance. In-browser you are selecting where to download a file, or what file to upload, and it is assumed that you don't intend to open a file locally, so turning off single click in this instance is actually pretty intuitive.