Bug 59123

Summary:	Please add support for 1-button mice (need "click and hold" triggered context menus)
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	Miles Lane <miles.lane>
Component:	widget-folderview	Assignee:	Ignat Semenov <i.semenov.kde>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bluedzins, chaofeng111, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Miles Lane 2003-05-29 22:56:24 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1)
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs
OS:          Linux

I have an Apple Powerbook with a one-button mouse.
I would like to be able to fully utilize the functionality
of KDE without using 3-button emulation, which is extremely
cumbersome to use.  The way the OSX handles this problem
is that clicking and holding on a desktop icon triggers
the display of the context menu.  An alternate menu is 
displayed by CTRL-mouseclick.  I would love to see this
implemented as an option for KDE.  Having thorough support
for 1-button mice across all of KDE would allow a 
"1-button mouse" KDE option that would enable or disable 
all the 1-button mouse options at once.

Comment 1 Stephan Binner 2003-05-29 22:57:48 UTC

You can in the control center configure to let the left mouse button display 
the desktop menu.

Comment 2 Miles Lane 2003-05-29 23:05:23 UTC

I disagree.  What you have is the ability to assign one action to the left-button.
I would like to overload the left button.  That is, a single-click can select
or activate the item, click and hold brings up a context menu and CTRL-click
brings up an alternate menu.  If you want to see why this is important, try
using KDE with a Mac or Powerbook.

Comment 3 Miles Lane 2003-05-29 23:43:11 UTC

Another comment:

The left-button mouse configuration option in Control Panel only
allows enabling an action for clicks on the desktop.  That doesn't
help me bring up a context menu for desktop icons, which is a big
part of this feature request.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2017-12-15 18:20:23 UTC

Single button mice and trackpads are long dead, even with Apple hardware.

This is *theoretically* useful today for touch use cases, but any UI that requires right-clicking in the first place is pretty bad with a touchscreen, so what we should really do to optimize for that use case is to make sure that you're never *required* to right-click to access any functionality.