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A notorious issue when doing Windows support (An experience I recommend to every developer!): Double clicking a folder or file in Explorer in order to open it,
by cstuder 2y ago
A notorious issue when doing Windows support (An experience I recommend to every developer!): Double clicking a folder or file in Explorer in order to open it, but slipping the mouse and therefore accidently moving the target into another folder.
- metadat 2y agoThis happens to me almost daily. Almost never happens with Mac or Linux. How's that? :)
- RajT88 2y agoIt is an irony that Windows makes keyboard shortcut users out of even non-techies.
- imp0cat 2y agoYes, single click, then Enter, that's the winning combo here.
- Nition 2y agoIf you're willing to try something a little bit different, Windows also has a single-click to open mode ('View->Options->Change folder and search options' in Win 11). To only select, you point and hover for a moment.
- account42 2y agoI wish it would let do single click open without hover to select. It's just too easy to mess up your selection if you are not careful where you park your cursor for even a split second. KDE's Dolphin is much better here, can be set to single click open with drag selection box or click + icon to select.
- Nition 2y agoI know this is a ludicrous way to provide an option to the user instead of just putting it in the UI, but: - View->Options->Change folder and search options - Enable single-click, then on the View tab, enable "use check boxes to select items" - Then Regedit... - HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Mouse - Set MouseHoverWidth and MouseHoverHeight to 0, or increase MouseHoverTime. Now you have single-click without hover-select, and checkboxes to select.
- layer8 2y agoFWIW, you can configure the minimum distance for a mouse move to count as a drag. The default was adequate for 640x480, but maybe should have been increased.
- NamTaf 2y agoFor others: I was curious how to do this, so if you put “change windows drag drop sensitivity” into your search engine of choice you’ll find a tutorial for which registry settings to change. The default is 4 pixels, which I’m inclined to agree is low these days.
- layer8 2y agoTo be more precise, it’s the registry settings HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\DragWidth and DragHeight. You can also use a tool like Winaero Tweaker to adjust the values.
- razakel 2y agoCtrl-Z to the rescue!
- pavon 2y agoOh, this is the bane of shared network drives.