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Questions tagged [doubleclick]

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Can't run AppImage on desktop by doubleclicking or clicking "Open"

New linux user, currently running on Ubuntu 20.04. Double-clicking an AppImage file on desktop or using "right click > Open" does nothing and doesn't display any errors either, however double-clicking it from the file manager or running it from…
rubby1337
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Enabling double clicks for Dolphin

I'm not sure how but in my Kubuntu 18.04 every single click in the Dolphin file manager leads to opening the file/folder (it wasn't like this before). I know that this behaviour is supposed to be controlled by the two radio buttons in System…
Mehran
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Dock favourites to open with double click

The favourites in the dock opened by single click. Is it possible to make it double click? it is 18.04 LTS. I pretty often do double click and open 2 instances instead of one, because I feel it rather as a part of desktop where it needs double…
E S
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Ubuntu Jammy 22.04 double click on chrome sometimes ended with move pointer

Just upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04. Would like to double click to maximize the chrome window, but most of the time it will show a move cursor instead. See photo below. Have to keep trying multiple times before able to maximize it. Do you know how to…
ITW
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Double click on titlebar to maximize / restore windows?

How can I configure a double click on titlebar to maximize / restore windows? Making shortcuts for keyboard is easy, but so far I haven't been able to find any answer on how to do the same with mouse clicks (!) Should be pretty simple and neat, but…
Jayaguru-Shishya
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Double click does not open files or folders

I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04, and I have noticed that double-clicking (with mouse or touchpad buttons) does not open files or folders. Single click does select them, but the second click seems to have no effect. If I click on a file…
Alessandro
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Double-click not working and double-click speed setting missing - Ubuntu 18.04

I saw few answers suggesting to adjust the double-click speed, like this: But in my case that option is missing: I don't know if it's related, but the OS is running on Hyper-V on laptop, so it's a touchpad, not a mouse.
Serhiy
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What external touchpads work on Ubuntu?

By "work", I mean recognizing clicks, taps, multi-finger clicks, multi-finger taps, simultaneous horizontal and vertical scroll using 2 fingers, pinch to unzoom and vice versa. By multi-finger, I think 3 fingers recognition is enough. 4 is a bonus…
AlikElzin-kilaka
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Double clicking delay too short on 20.04

I'm new to Ubuntu and on installing focal fossa 20.04, my double-clicking is not working, and I have not been able to double-click easily into a file, I have to right-click enter into a file.
wizardcalidad
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How to stop Nemo 20.04 double-click behavior

I am using Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 and I am struggling with a new feature in the file manager. When you are double-clicking your way down through a stack of folders, if you accidentally double-click in the white space (rather than on a folder), it…
John
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Disabling doubleclick or setting minimum delay between clicks in doubleclick?

This is common hardware issue in older mouses that they click twice (in rapid succession) even button is pushed once. In 32bit Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS LightDM desktop i would like to define minimum delay between clicks in a doubleclick action for the…
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Set mouse to perform two clicks instead of one when the alt key is pressed

I would like to set my mouse in Ubuntu (on Wayland if possible) to perform two clicks instead of one single click when the alt-key is pressed. The problem is that I absolutely don't know how to set something similar... Could you give me a clue ? Is…
Johannes Lemonde
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alternate double click for slash as delimiter

I'm using Bash in gnome-terminal in Ubuntu 16.04. Sometimes I want to double click and select one level of directory in a path, using slash as delimiter. I'd like to keep the default double click behaviour (e.g. select "/the/whole/path"), but for…
user1739989
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Is there any type of file that can execute commands with double click without being assigned permissions?

I wanted to run a bash script with double click and I eventually found shc to do so but, despite it doing what I wanted, it needs specific permissions if transfered to another computer or if it's downloaded from a site. Thus, my question asking for…
ulovah
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How to select one paragraph of text with just one click?

Is there a way to select one paragraph of text with just one click? In LibreOffice, Mozilla Firefox or Ubuntu Mate in general. I have to copy and paste blocks of text everyday and this feature would make my life so much easier.
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