Version:            (using KDE 4.2.85)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Mixing Double and single clicks can be confusing for users.

We need to examine the actual purpose of the distinction, and be aware of physical limitations and accessibility needs of our users.


Double clicks are used by default on windows for actions that need a quick sanity check, like "I am not a cat, yes I want to open this file"

Another safety feature of mice, is that a double click is not registered when the mouse is moving, and sometimes single clicks are not registered when moving.


Basically, where an application requests a double click now,  we change the code to require the "quick  confirm action required" action, which could be a single click for those who prefer that, or unable to double click, or a specific key or phrase being typed into the computer to confirm the action needs to occur.


Where actions take single clicks to trigger actions, the "safe action required" can be there.


These options would be in it's own system settings tab under input.

It would be called "actions"

options would include:
quick action
 -- default -- single click ( with small movement )
        double click
        custom --
            how many clicks " " in how much time"
            key depression time
            how much movement (select units, percent of screen, pixels, inches, cm)
            gesture--
            keys pressed simultaneously (link to the keyshorcuts, select the one that needs to be on)
            dialog
                 require password?
            delay before key activation
               hasten


The same options are available for the other types of actions.

Many of these options would not go into the instant view, they would be tucked into advanced and or be editable in the configuration file.

Basically the applications that need to use this are:

1. kdownloader --  when I download a file, I want to be able to tell it that it needs at least long confirm to run the file on my system, I want it to take a double click and a dialog "are you sure?"  (not really, I really just want quick confirm, but the "are you sure" is what windows does"

There is no way that I want it to be a quick confirm... ;)

2. Konqueror -- just to download a file, I want a long confirm...

3. Dolphin -- I desperately require opening files to be a quick confirm, and selecting items to be a safe action.

4. System Settings -- I desperately need the system settings browser to be a safe action, because it behaves like a browser, and doesn't do harm by just browsing.  (right now it's tied in with the single/double click action, and it's aggravating)


5.
There are more where this distinction  is useful.


Thank you