Bug 425975

Summary:	Request: double-click action in icons-only task manager
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	David <david.cortes.rivera>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description David 2020-08-30 11:51:18 UTC

The icons-only task manager now finally includes long-awaited functionality for setting up what happens when an icon with running windows is clicked and when it is middle clicked, and offers two very convenient and logical actions when there is more than 1 window of a given icon:
- Showing window previews.
- Bringing up the last used windows.

It would make for an even nicer workflow if there could be a double-click action, so that it could be configured as:
- Single-click -> bring last window.
- Double-click -> bring window previews.
- Middle-click -> launch new instance.

I get it's possible to get the window previews by hovering, but that's not as fast or convenient as double-clicking, and they tend to disappear before one is able to do something with it due to wrong mouse movements.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-09-08 14:22:22 UTC

Wouldn't the first click of the double-click action interfere with the single-click action? If we made the double-click respect the default double-click timeout period, then we would be effectively delaying single-clicks for a few hundred milliseconds to make sure that you're not about to double-click. Do you see a way around this issue?

Comment 2 David 2020-09-11 18:40:47 UTC

Perhaps that's right. I don't know what kind of threshold is there for counting a double click, and don't see a way around the issue.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-09-11 21:56:58 UTC

:)