Double-click issue

Hi, I just upgraded from a powerbook g4 to a macbook pro with osx 10.5. I am having 2 issues.
1: no matter what I set for my double-click speed, I can't seem to double-click on files, folder names, etc. to edit their names. I have double-clicked at all speeds and the files just open, they don't allow me to edit. Is there a new command? Thank you.
2. i am running photoshop cs3 and it is extremely buggy. i am having trouble changing values inside the dialog boxes in photoshop. has anyone else run into this?

in relation to the photoshop query, cs3 isnt fully supported in leopard 10.5 although i do beleive adobe are releasing an update for it so this should solve alot of issues
the double click settings should be roughly same as the powerbook you had
try different settings in mouse, in system preferences

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Double Clicking Issue Feature Or Bug

Hi All,
I've been using Mac's for over ten years and I'm experiencing an issue unlike anything I've ever seen before. I have this double-clicking issue (maybe more appropriately "accidental double-clicking issue") in certain programs.
In iTunes for example, when I choose File/Add To Library and I double-click the root folder on my external hard drive (which contains subfolders such as Documents, Pictures, Movies, Music, Applications, etc..) iTunes begins to automattically import EVERYTHING on the folder without my having clicked the CHOOSE bubble. EVERYTHING!
Either I'm crazy and I'm just noticing this now or this is the most annoying bug/feature I've ever seen.
The issue also occurs in Mac The Ripper. When I went to choose a Save location and accidentally double-clicked a folder that had subfolders in it, I didn't get the opportunity to click CHOOSE. The Finder just assumed that my double-clicking a folder means that that is the folder I want to select.
I hope I'm explaining this clearly. I don't know I never noticed this "feature" before!
Is there anyway to turn it off?

There isn't anything similar between the two in a hardware sense. The two machines aren't sharing anything. I only use the Magic Mouse with the new 27" i7 iMac.
I tried to reproduce the effect in 10.5 to see if it was indeed a "feature", and it is. To a certain extent.
At this point I've come to the conclusion that this is supposed to happen, in 10.5 and 10.6 (possibly 10.4 or earlier too) when a folder and it's sub-folders contain compatible files respective to the program attempting to access them. However, I don't think it should happen when a folder contains subfolders that have files that are incompatible with the particular program that is currently being browsed.
Furthermore... I'm unable to reproduce the same issue today! This new 27" iMac i7 has been very "buggy" across the board!
Like for example;
When I first started it up, Airport and Firewire didn't appear in the Network preference pane in System Pref's. And it didn't recognize USB devices that I plugged in until I rebooted a few times.
It ran REEEEEALLLLLLY HOT! Hot like when you put your hand on the hood of a car thats been sitting in the sun. But today it seems to be running much cooler...
It also wont boot from any external hd or Disk Warrior 4.2 DVD.
But all in all it's still a pretty sweet, and crazy fast.

*** is up with this mouse - not a design tool / double click issue ****!!

who has a new mouse?
who hates them?
A. Me
jesus what are they doing, a design based community (mainly) and they bring a mouse out that is about as responsive as a shopping trolley!! after effects / cinema 4d (GOD)even photoshop is suffering!
APPLE SORT HTIS OUT AND GET THE SCROLLY THING BACK IN
another issue is the double click problem! i have a busy life as it is and im not too keen in doing the same thing 3-4 times but thanks to this problem i am, the only settings to change the speed of double is in settings (SOMEONE GUIDE ME IF HTIS IS WRONG) but its a problem that will not go away
even clicking once on a layer to click and drag in after effects for example is openign precomps and really getting on my tits (can i say tits, well i have: i mean the blue tit of the bird family ha ha ha)
but not laughing really apple what have you done to this mouse and my freedom to work.
please let me know???
1 unhappy bunny
ps. come on admin let me know why life is getting difficult for us designers? PLS??

electricpalmtrees.tv wrote:
ps. come on admin let me know why life is getting difficult for us designers? PLS??
There's nobody here but we users.
If you have a double click issue than slow the time down in System Preferences > mouse. The slow side gives you more time between clicks, faster is less time.
If you have tracking issues the preference slide bar range doesn't solve you can experiment with the settings as explained here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392736-263.html
Regards
Edit: Here are a few more tools that might "tame the beast" for you.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10414148-263.html?tag=mncol;txt
Message was edited by: captfred

Photoshop 9.01 double-click issue

Q: After updating to Photoshop 9.01 (CS2 patch), I now have to double click menu items to get them to work on a non-maximised image!
A: This is a known bug.
Suggested fixes:
1) Close or hide the Info Palette - F8 key
or
2) Work with a maximised image (maximise window, or hit F key)
or
3) Use keyboard shortcuts to access menu items (Alt+shortcut key+arrow keys)
A new patch is in the works.
See
this thread for more info.

in relation to the photoshop query, cs3 isnt fully supported in leopard 10.5 although i do beleive adobe are releasing an update for it so this should solve alot of issues
the double click settings should be roughly same as the powerbook you had
try different settings in mouse, in system preferences

Double click issue on loading.

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    if (event.target.name == "contact_mc")
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    if (event.target.name == "join")
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As I say, this has been working fine. But I accidently just clicked a button twice really fast, and it makes the tween stop half way, and the loaded content becomes semi transparent. I then tried clicking on a button twice for another button, and the same things happened. It happens when I click twice on one button at quite a fast pace.
Is there any reason this may be happening, or is there anything in my code I can do to stop this from happening?
Many thanks
Nick

One thing you could do is remove the event listener in the function, and then add it back after the tween is complete.

Double click action from trackpad button?

Hi all,
I've had my iBook G4 for a few months now and last week I've been noticing that a single click on my trackpad button would product doubl click results. This is really annoying when I:
- try to use a form checkbox and it quickly changes and changes back
- try to make a selection photoshop and it just disappears
- try to open a new tab in Firefox/Camino/Safari/etc and two tabs open of the same URL
I'm noticing that if I press on the left side of the button it tends to be a single click and the right (most common) gives the double. Did I accidentally change something in the System Preferences? Any experience on fixing this problem?
Thanks to anybody who can help.

Hi Eggz
I experience the same here with my iBook G4 12''. It is quite like my three year old nokia cell phone registering double input from single touches all the time. Only the iBook is just four weeks old.
The 'Ignore accidental trackpad input' option in System Preferences is turned on all the time. I unchecked it and it does not appear to have any effect on this double clicking issue.
After four years of heavy TiBook trackpad button clicking (no mouse ever on my laptop), and knowing my friends 12'' PowerBook, the iBook trackpad button feels very lousy. Its unprecise movement/action point and its hollow plastic clicking sound do not live up to the standards I am used to. Ok, it's only an iBook - but it's disappointing anyway.
I will talk to support tomorrow (today a holiday) and get back with news afterward.
Sebastian
iBook G4 12'' Mac OS X (10.4.6) G5 Quad

TS1717 I am unable to launch iTunes, when I double-click on the icon, a prompt comes up saying, "iTunes is on a locked disk or you do not have write permissons for this folder." This issue occurred out of the blue! How do I correct this?

I don't know what suddenly caused this. I haven't installed anything weird or obscure, I've kept up with all of the normal updates for Windows, my anti-virus, and other normal software (Adobe, Apple products, Steam). So all I did today was double-clicked on the iTunes icon, and the prompt that I supplied kept popping up. I rebooted my computer, I uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes and all of my Apple products (Quicktime, Safari). But nothing seems to be working.
I could sure use some much appreciated assistance!!! Thank you!

I did what I could out of the information provided, however there was quite a bit of difference between the XP format and Windows 7. After trying what I could, I was still receiving the same error message. Besides trying to fix this issue, I'm also trying to figure out how this whole thing started to begin with.

Why music won't play when i double click on it. software issue? i need help

When I double click on a song or hit the play button, it doesn't do anything. I had this problem before but it seemed to fix itself after a few days. 2 weeks ago, itunes, along with any type of media on my computer, stopped working again. If I try to play a video in itunes or WMP, it just skips right through in about 3 jumps without any sound. I also can't stream videos on the internet. Dell told me it was a software issue and I had to pay $150 for them to tell me how to fix it. Nonsense. Can anybody help?

Here's a place to start
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1362

Essbase Add-in and Office 2010 double clicking drilling down issue

We have Office 2010 and Essbase Add-in 6.5.4 and some users are having issues when double clicking to zoom in. When using the double-click to drill down, it flashes a few times and drills down to the lowest level even though it is setup to zoom to the next level. It works when you use zoom in from the menu and this doesnt happen to all the users. Does anyone have a fix for this issue?

We had similar issue but with lower versions of excel where a double click acts continously till the lowest level is reached for the member selected. Notice that all the members are not at the lowest level, it only happens for the current selected cell in excel.
In my case a re-install of add-in worked. Have you tried re-installing add-in. See that unistall is complete before re-installation. As you understand the problem is not with all machines/users, hence it should not be an issue with add-in.

Issue with double click zoom on Essbase Excel Add-in

Several of my users have been experiencing a problem recently when the do a double click zoom in or zoom out in Excel Add-in 7.1.3. It will start clocking (icon flashes as well as the cells while the clocking is occuring) and the only way to break out of it is to hit escape. Sometimes the clocking will only last a minute but, depending on the number of members that you can drill down into, can last several minutes at which point the users end up just escaping out. This doesn't happen with all templates or with all users. Zooming in and zooming out using the menu works fine. This only occurs with double click zooming (which to the users is much quicker and they prefer not using the menu).
This is Excel Add-in 7.1.3 on Office 2007 which I realize is not certified compatible but we have not had this issue until the last few weeks.
Anyone else having this issue? Ideas?

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so go to task manager and try deleting all the process related to excel.
Now after deleting all the processes you find NO excel sheets open..
Try viewing the required excel sheet now..
hope it works now..

HT3159 When I double click on IPhoto to open and look at my photos the APP store trys to open it. I never had this issue before. Why now?

I was using IPhoto looking at creating a Book when I uploaded the book for purchasing the site froze. I stopped the upload turned off computer and when I restarted the computer IPhoto dissappeared. I called Apple and the lady talked me through restoring IPhoto. She found it in the trash.It worked fine for a day or two, I uploaded more photos from Nikon camera closed IPhoto and now it won't open. The App Store trys to open it but it times out and won't connect.
When I double click on IPhoto to open and look at my photos the APP store trys to open it. I never had this issue before. What do I do?

Try dragging a photo to the desk top, highlight it and press COMMAND I this will open the info window, in the drop down menu "open with" select either preview, or other, then select iPhoto. Preview is the default.
Then click "Change All"
Hope this helps

Since upgrading to Mavericks, Mail is extremely slow to load preview pane or show email when mailbox is double-clicked. Is this a known issue?

Since upgrading to Mavericks, Mail is extremely slow to load the preview pane or show email when mailbox is double-clicked. Is this a known issue? Or is there a solution to this issue?

Hi AngieLynch,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you're seeing some unexpected behavior in Mail.
Before troubleshooting on your computer, I'd strongly recommend backing up your data to an external hard drive with Time Machine, if you haven't already. This article can help with setting up Time Machine:
Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
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These articles walk you through creating a new user and setting up Mail:
OS X Mountain Lion: Create a new user account (applies to Mavericks, too.)
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11468
Configuring Mail for your email account
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1277
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Jeremy

Are there known issues concerning double clicking in FF? We found bug 542068. Most of the issue we found have to do with Flash. Does it affect other applications (JSP/Javascript) too?

Are there known issues concerning double clicking in FF? We found bug 542068. Most of the issue we found have to do with Flash. Does it affect other applications (JSP/Javascript) too?

If there is a pattern of the application working up to Firefox 3.6.3 and not working starting with Firefox 3.6.4, there could be a problem with trying to communicate events between firefox.exe (which hosts pages) and plugin-container.exe (which hosts some plugins). You can tweak your settings to force plugins to run in firefox.exe to see whether this is the problem. This article has some background information on that:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins
''Do you know if there are problems with Firefox 3.6 when you double click in a JSP/JAVA/Javascript application?''
No, I don't know. Obviously I can't read every post here, but I haven't read about it before.
Is it a stupid question to ask: why does that matter?? To fix the application to work in Firefox 3.6 and above, we need to see a page that works on other browsers and fails in Firefox. It doesn't need to be the whole application, just enough to demonstrate the problem so that if we solve it, then you can apply that learning back to your application.

TS3293 All applications appear to respond to the touch pad, except for Facebook. It takes a strange double click on each side of the comment or like button. This is running in safari. The face book app doese not have that issue.

While in Facebook and using safari or atomic web browser, I have to double click on one Sid of screen and the other very fast and sometime it will allow me to like or make a comment. This does not happen with ipad face book app or any other applications. Just stated doing this yesterday
Can anyone help, it is now very hard to use Facebook.
Thanks
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Facebook and mobile safari are not playing well together right now. It's an issue with facebook, not your iPad. The best you can do is find a work around until Facebook fixes it, if they ever do.

HT5192 After installing IOS 5.1, I am unable to double click the home button and access the camera. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Does a fix or work aroud exist?

After installing IOS 5.1, I am unable to double click the home button and access the camera. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Does a fix or work aroud exist?

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