T9895: Improving single-click

[Claudius Ellsel]

clel added a comment.


  Is this issue just for the selection "problem" of single click or also about other problems, (like some meta issue)? Because I'd recommend either being just about selection and then rename the title accordingly or to have it as a meta issue and then maybe only link the corresponding issues.
  
  Reason: Selection does not seem to be the only problem of single click:
  
  > One of the problems with single click, though, is that GTK apps still use double click, and when you use an app that relies on the GTK file dialog, you have to switch your mind to the double click perspective. This can be confusing to beginners who can't tell the framework by app's appearance.
  > 
  > Is it possible in theory to force GTK to conform to single click, too?
  
  There might be other inconsistencies as well that should be considered.
  
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  Regarding the selection problem:
  
  My suggestion is:
  
  - Change the plus and minus signs that show on hover to a (empty) checkbox like on Windows to be more intuitive including making the whole icon adding to a selection after entering the selection mode
  - Do not use another button to enter selection mode as this feels worse having to travel longer distances with the mouse
  - For touch devices that don't have hover and also where a tiny checkbox is hard to hit I suggest long press (does libinput / whatever give an information whether a click comes from a touchscreen? - then this can only be used for touch inputs)
  
  > Consistency with mobile and the web, where there is no double-click
  
  Just to be precise: There is double click on the web like on Google drive which uses it probably to simulate the normal file browser experience. Also there is double click on some mobile devices at least if you consider Windows tablets a mobile device (I agree that their solution is not nice with a touch screen).

TASK DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/T9895

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