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