Dolphin - Single or Double-click-mode?

[richb]

I just tried searching by name or word in the file. This is powerful! I didn't realize I could do this.

It is a result of the indexing capabilities of nepomuk and strigi.

http://userbase.kde.org/Nepomuk

[notabug]

I double click to select. Sometimes my clicking finger doesn't care to stop at one press. In Dolphin, if the file I was was placed by me, I usually know where it is, but if it is a file placed the the OS, I often resor to using the 'find' feature in Dolphin. Find works a lot better than the search feature in Windows. I don't use Windows search anymore. Agent Ransack fills that role for me. (I give Kubuntu and Windows almost equal time on my computer so I can stay comfortable on both.)

[GreyGeek]

.... Now I'm happy with a touchpad. Have you tried one yet? My left hand doesn't tremble as much as my right, and even though I'm right-handed I adapted quickly to using the touchpad with my left....

I tried the touch pad several times but involuntary "taps" and/or inconsistent pressure forced me to disable it.

[charles052]

Single click. I've even changed my wife's Winblows com"pooper" to single.

[SteveRiley]

You might as well go all the way with your renaming there... com"pooper" --> corn"pooper"

Hey, Feathers...back to your favorite topic again! bwahahahaha

[SteveRiley]

Wow, Steve, you've described my wife's purse exactly, except that she doesn't have a Nepomuk index running on it.

Most purses are RPM-based. So you should try zypper in nepomuk-core or yum install nepomuk-core, 'cause apt-dont-get for handbags.

[Caaarl]

So, I have just tested Dolphin's search-feature and must say I'm impressed. It found all the files I wanted in a few seconds (unlike Windows search).
And that even though I deactivated file-indexing.

Until now I have never been a fan of the search-feature and never really needed it (good old "Ordnung" ) but I can see how comfortable it can be.

Anyway, thanks to (all of) your input I do now understand why "single-click" is standard for KDE. I always thought the Devs only did it to distinguish the (very Windows-like) KDE from Windows.

[Danum]

Single click, as well as Find you can use Filter which for me is a better option, note the difference in the results when searching for a document.

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[SteveRiley]

I always thought the Devs only did it to distinguish the (very Windows-like) KDE from Windows.

Windows has offered single-click for many years:

[oshunluvr]

Wow, Steve, you've described my wife's purse exactly, except that she doesn't have a Nepomuk index running on it.
Some things have literally disappeared for ever in that bottomless pit!

I'm late to this thread but:

+1 and funniest thing I've read today! My wife is exactly the same. Unfortunately, this spills out into the kitchen and other areas of her life that I have to deal with <sigh>. I think she lives in a world best described as a big box with everything thrown in it. It never surprises her when something appears in an oddball location or something isn't where I've said it should be. No matter; I love her dearly. Clearly, it's my issue not hers!

[GreyGeek]

... My wife is exactly the same. ...

Do ya think it's an X chromosome thing?

[Caaarl]

Windows has offered single-click for many years:

I didnt even know that ^^. My point was that it is the standard setting in KDE while it is not in Windows.
And I believe there is no other Desktop Environment that uses "single click to open" as standard; at least Gnome (3/2), XFCE and LXDE dont. This setting also was the first thing I noticed when first confronted with linux (Open Suse 10.3 – I couldnt and still cannot get along with the package management).

[oshunluvr]

Do ya think it's an X chromosome thing?

In my wife's case it's not genetic at least. Her Mom is very neat and organized. I haven't thought about it too hard - I'm too busy looking for things! LOL!

One time, when I let it get to me and I complained about it, she sald "My Dad used to say the same thing - "A place for every thing and everything in it's place..."." I realized then this was not a battle I was going to win. Now, I just let it be - and have her look for something when I need it

[Feathers McGraw]

You might as well go all the way with your renaming there... com"pooper" --> corn"pooper"

Hey, Feathers...back to your favorite topic again! bwahahahaha

FFS, lol.

I use double click because I have to use Windows at work... it's bad enough not having "focus follow the cursor" at work (I scroll the wrong window all the time), I think having different numbers of clicks for opening files would do my head in!

I think the second part of the question was about browsing through files using folders vs directory "trees"; thumbnails vs lists vs details etc.

My answer is it depends what's inside the folder!

[SteveRiley]

I use double click because I have to use Windows at work... it's bad enough not having "focus follow the cursor" at work (I scroll the wrong window all the time), I think having different numbers of clicks for opening files would do my head in!

Feathers, I showed you how to change Windows so that you can open files with single click.

You can also change the default mouse behavior. There are a couple different ways, and they have slightly different results. Neither is exactly like focus-follows-mouse in X11, but one of these might work for you. See http://douglaswhitaker.com/focus-fol...se-in-windows/ for more information.