Single-click for upload/open etc dialogs?

[barryed]

I have set Thunar to open files with a single click. However, in app-initiated file manager dialogs, like open or upload, I still have to double-click. Is there a way to make them respond to a single click as well?

xfce 4.14
64 bit

[sleeper12]

Maybe this?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/880844/ ... ngle-click

[barryed]

Thanks, but it doesn't.

[MrEen]

Those dialogs aren't from Thunar itself.

The file that controls most things in these windows is /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser.gschema.xml and I don't see a single/double click option to change there.

ToZ on the Xfce forum might know if it can be added to the file manually.

[secureIT]

Hi barryed,

First let me explain why there is a difference in choosing files with filemanager (thunar) and
choosing files with some apps like firefox e.g.
File manager itself will respect the adjustments for single/double click event.
Firefox e.g. dont uses filemanger but gtkfilechooser for choosing files.
But gtkfilechooser has no implementation for mouse single-clicks.

The developers of gtkfilechooser will not implement single-clicks.
See the whole discussion from 2003 up to 2017 here :

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121113

So you cant achieve what you want in simply adding entries to : org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser.gschema.xml


But there is a workaround, if you are willing to use another mouse-button for doing double-click-events with only one single-click.

I used the wheel-down-button to perform this action ......

Note: I tried it, and it runs flawlessly in thunar and also with gtkfilechooser
And there is no need to change the adjustment in thunar to single-click if you use the mapped wheel-down-button

If you want to try it, you need to install the following dependencies :

Open up a terminal, copy and paste the following - and hit return

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apt install xbindkeys xdotool

Then open a terminal copy and paste the following command to it - and hit return

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xev

Now a little window opens and if you set your mouse-pointer to it and push a button (e.g. wheel-down-button)
Then you will see additional informations and also the number of the button you pushed.

If you see >button 2< ( which is the default button number for middle mouse-click) then go on ...

Open up a terminal, copy and paste the following - and hit return

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xed .xbindkeysrc

copy and paste the following content into this now opened .xbindkeysrc

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# bind wheel-down-button to double-click
#
# needed dependencies:  xbindkeys xdootool
#
"xdotool click --repeat 2 1"
b:2 + Release
#
# activate with command     xbindkeys
# deactivate with command   pkill -f xbindkeys

Save the .xbindkeysrc and close xed.

Paste the following command in a terminal and hit enter

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xbindkeys

Now you can try how your wheel-down-button acts.

To stop the whole thing :

Paste the following command in a terminal and hit enter

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pkill -f xbindkeys 

[barryed]

Much belated thanks for this. Great explanation; nice to know there's a workaround. I tend to eschew complexification though, so in the end my personal workaround is "get over it."