[opensuse] OpenSUSE 10.2 xfce desktop icons: single click possible?
Hi, I am using more and more the XFCE desktop as an alternative to the imho. sometimes bloated KDE or Gnome Desktops. However, I dislike that I need to doubleclick on a XFCE desktop icon in order to activate it. From KDE I am used to single click and even on windows I always configure the desktop to work on single click. Is there a possibility to do this with a simple and intuitive singleclick in XFCE? How can I do it? I searched google with "+xfce +desktop icon +single click", searched the xfce mailing list and tried with mouse settings and desktop settings from the xfce menu/Settings, anything to no avail. Thanks much for your help Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dne Thursday 08 February 2007 11:37 Eberhard Roloff napsal(a):
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I would say no, this is not possible. But obviously this is not right mailing list. You could try xfce@xfce.org, or xfce4-dev@xfce.org Pavel -- Pavel Nemec Software Engineer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SuSE CR, s.r.o. e-mail: pnemec@suse.cz Lihovarska 1060/12 tel:+420 284 028 981 190 00 Praha 9 fax:+420 296 542 374 Ceska republika http://www.suse.cz
Eberhard Roloff writes:
Hi, I am using more and more the XFCE desktop as an alternative to the imho. sometimes bloated KDE or Gnome Desktops.
However, I dislike that I need to doubleclick on a XFCE desktop icon in order to activate it. From KDE I am used to single click and even on windows I always configure the desktop to work on single click.
Is there a possibility to do this with a simple and intuitive singleclick in XFCE? How can I do it?
I searched google with "+xfce +desktop icon +single click", searched the xfce mailing list and tried with mouse settings and desktop settings from the xfce menu/Settings, anything to no avail.
Thanks much for your help Eberhard
Have you seen this? =================== Xfce 4 Panel System Buttons Pressing the setup button will open the Xfce settings manager dialog, from which you have access to the settings for all Xfce components as well as some system settings, such as mouse behaviour and user interface settings. =================================== Found this on thier website @: http://www.xfce.org/documentation/4.2/manuals/xfce4-panel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 08 February 2007 04:37, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
However, I dislike that I need to doubleclick on a XFCE desktop icon in order to activate it. From KDE I am used to single click and even on windows I always configure the desktop to work on single click. Are you running into other things (Suse wise) to watch out for when running Xfce? -- I mean are you happy with it otherwise? I too am looking for a less bloated environment... but some more features than say twm, or fvwm.
Thanks. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
M Harris wrote:
On Thursday 08 February 2007 04:37, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
However, I dislike that I need to doubleclick on a XFCE desktop icon in order to activate it. From KDE I am used to single click and even on windows I always configure the desktop to work on single click. Are you running into other things (Suse wise) to watch out for when running Xfce? -- I mean are you happy with it otherwise? I too am looking for a less bloated environment... but some more features than say twm, or fvwm.
Thanks.
Hi, yes, apart from the oneclick inconsistency, I am perfectly happy. I used KDE before, still use it and I am still a big fan of KDE, but xfce is much less bloat and a far quicker experience for me, even on a decent machine, much more so on a lower spec computer. I actually do not miss much there. I got xfce 4.4 from the suse repos and I would say, it definitely is worth to have a look at. For me, xfce combines favourably the speed of icewm, fvwm, blackbox and the like with a desktop experience that is not very far from behind the "bloated by Definition" Desktops like KDE and Gnome. I sincerely hope that helpped you to give it a try. ;-) Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 08 February 2007, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
M Harris wrote:
On Thursday 08 February 2007 04:37, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
However, I dislike that I need to doubleclick on a XFCE desktop icon in order to activate it. From KDE I am used to single click and even on windows I always configure the desktop to work on single click.
Are you running into other things (Suse wise) to watch out for when running Xfce? -- I mean are you happy with it otherwise? I too am looking for a less bloated environment... but some more features than say twm, or fvwm.
Thanks.
Hi, yes, apart from the oneclick inconsistency, I am perfectly happy.
I used KDE before, still use it and I am still a big fan of KDE, but xfce is much less bloat and a far quicker experience for me, even on a decent machine, much more so on a lower spec computer.
I actually do not miss much there.
I got xfce 4.4 from the suse repos and I would say, it definitely is worth to have a look at. For me, xfce combines favourably the speed of icewm, fvwm, blackbox and the like with a desktop experience that is not very far from behind the "bloated by Definition" Desktops like KDE and Gnome.
I sincerely hope that helpped you to give it a try. ;-) Eberhard
I agree with Eberhard on Xfce! I always had it installed as a backup to KDE rather than use Gnome. It's quite configurable and very fast. KDE programs run fine in it and as far as I can tell you don't lose any functionality using it. If you are looking for something leaner, faster and stable, then I agree, give it a try! bye, pat -- --- KMail 1.95 --- Zenwalk Linux v4.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 "Gör, eller gör inte. Det finns inget 'försök'" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 08 February 2007, BandiPat wrote:
agree with Eberhard on Xfce! I always had it installed as a backup to KDE rather than use Gnome. It's quite configurable and very fast. KDE programs run fine in it and as far as I can tell you don't lose any functionality using it.
You don't lose any functionality, but the minute you launch any kde app you pay almost the full price for using kde, because it has to launch all of the stuff kde wants to run. If you don't believe it, just launch any kde app from a shell in xfce, while watching memory usage. You don't gain it all back when the app shuts down either. For light weight machines, I run xfce but find substitutes for the kde apps when possible. If you stick with the Xfce browser, and a light weight mail client and something like abiword you have a pretty functional and fast machine. If I had to add anything it would probably be OOO, even though it is not particularly light weight, it can be set to completely shut down when you are done with it. Since I never use desktop icons, I can't answer the OP's question. KDE could take a lesson from the network browser that Xfce has. Its pretty cool, and does not require the lisa daemon to be functional. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 09 February 2007 03:11, John Andersen wrote:
the minute you launch any kde app you pay almost the full price for using kde, because it has to launch all of the stuff kde wants to run. If you don't believe it, just launch any kde app from a shell in xfce, while watching memory usage. That's what I was afraid of...
... thanks for the heads up. So for those days when I am up to my armpits in the compiler (maybe a little Firefox or Thunderbird) then no problem? I do use the Kontact suite heavily... but I wouldn't have to when I have Xfce going. Thanks again. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
M Harris wrote:
On Friday 09 February 2007 03:11, John Andersen wrote:
the minute you launch any kde app you pay almost the full price for using kde, because it has to launch all of the stuff kde wants to run. If you don't believe it, just launch any kde app from a shell in xfce, while watching memory usage. That's what I was afraid of...
... thanks for the heads up. So for those days when I am up to my armpits in the compiler (maybe a little Firefox or Thunderbird) then no problem? I do use the Kontact suite heavily... but I wouldn't have to when I have Xfce going. Thanks again.
However my observation is a bit different. When I run my old thinkpad 600 with KDE, it is virtually unusable. When I run it with xfce it is a lot more sanppier and I would regard it to be a reasonable computer for moderate usage. Now when I fire up a KDE application from there, it takes time (for sure), but it works nicely after starting, while I would not have any joy when I firstly start KDE on that machine and then run the same application. So you need to pay for KDE apps, but I think it is well worth the money spent. ;-)). And while there is not real substitute for kontact as a "onestopshop", you can always use lightweight apps that offer a similar experience. For example, I use happily the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client for mail, contacts and news and the extension "lightning" offers a very good calendar that is rapidly developped to be first class. So it is not Outlook yet but it is on a good way to be better than Outlook, and still good for xfce. ;-)) I am starting to wonder why I do not get money for xfce advocacy? ;-)) regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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