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    Single clicks behaving like double clicks

    Since a couple of days my KDE 4.1 desktop has started to "interpret" single clicks as double clicks. This means that e.g. the attempt to open an application with a single click actually opens it twice; trying to open a pull down menu immediately closes it again etc.

    This is terribly annoying. Does anybody else have this problem or possibly know how to solve it?
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    Re: Single clicks behaving like double clicks

    K Menu > System Settings > Keyboard & Mouse > Mouse > Single-click to open files and folders
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    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      Re: Single clicks behaving like double clicks

      Are you sure it's not just a bad mouse button?

      I've had that happen as they start to get worn out.
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        Re: Single clicks behaving like double clicks

        I've found the opposite problem.

        I have the above single click option and some applications need two clicks to open. Hardy was better in that everything worked with one click, but I suppose that is better that having an application open twice.
        HP Compaq nc6400, 2Gi, 100Gi, ATI x1300 with 512M
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          Re: Single clicks behaving like double clicks

          Originally posted by Troberg
          Are you sure it's not just a bad mouse button?

          I've had that happen as they start to get worn out.
          Yup, it can't be a bad mouse button, because it doesn't happen when using Kubuntu 8.04. I guess i'll just have to return and hope that KDE 4.2 is more stable. It must be a KDE problem.
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            Re: Single clicks behaving like double clicks

            I don't use a mouse, only a touchpad and it works well. Also I'm dual booting, Intrepid and Hardy. I do think that Intrepid in improving, or, I'm adapting to it.
            HP Compaq nc6400, 2Gi, 100Gi, ATI x1300 with 512M
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              Re: Single clicks behaving like double clicks

              Yup, it can't be a bad mouse button, because it doesn't happen when using Kubuntu 8.04. I guess i'll just have to return and hope that KDE 4.2 is more stable. It must be a KDE problem.
              Actually, it can still be a mouse problem. If the is contact bounce in the mouse button, KDE4 might be a little faster in reading the button state and pick it up, while KDE3 might miss it. I don't know if this is likely or not, but it is a possibility.

              Just to be sure, try with another mouse, or, if you are using a laptop, use the mousepad buttons instead.
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