Single-click and auto-select

[David Faure]

On Thursday 27 May 2004 17:51, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> David Faure wrote:
> >> So this is primarily a feature that is nice for a noob, but horrible
> >> for a power-user who already knows the keys how to get work done.
> >
> >Possibly.
> 
> I read this as: make it configurable (yet another, oh well...). I'm
> quite used to Ctrl+clicking to select without activating. You also have
> the option of dragging to make a region around the item. Those are not
> newbie features, but come in handy to those who know them.

It is already configurable (in the mouse module iirc). I was wondering about
making it default - but Leo's points convinced me otherwise.
(Although, hmm, if it's better for newbies then it should be on by default;
advanced users can turn it off, not the other way round).

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