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.
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*** 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
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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
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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
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Double click issue on loading.
Hi guys. My website has been up and running brillianty, but I have just noticed something. I have my navigation bar at the top of the page. To load things, I do
var myMovieClip = new contact_mc();
var myMovieClip2 = new aboutUs_mc();
var myMovieClip3 = new Join();
var myMovieClip4 = new ourWork_mc();
And then
topNav_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoFunction);
function gotoFunction(event:MouseEvent):void
for (var i: int=0; i< container_mc.numChildren; i++)
var child:DisplayObject = container_mc.getChildAt(i);
container_mc.removeChild(child);
if (event.target.name == "about_mc")
container_mc.addChild(myMovieClip2);
TweenLite.from(myMovieClip2, 1, {alpha:0, rotation:15});
if (event.target.name == "contact_mc")
container_mc.addChild(myMovieClip);
TweenLite.from(myMovieClip, 1, {alpha:0, rotation:15});
if (event.target.name == "join")
container_mc.addChild(myMovieClip3);
TweenLite.from(myMovieClip3, 1, {alpha:0, rotation:15});
if (event.target.name == "work_mc")
container_mc.addChild(myMovieClip4);
TweenLite.from(myMovieClip4, 1, {alpha:0, rotation:15});
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
NickOne thing you could do is remove the event listener in the function, and then add it back after the tween is complete.
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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 -
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. -
Firefox copy feature always adds extra space before or after when double clicking to select text
I have only just started using Firefox but I've noticed a strange "feature" (I'm not sure if it's a feature or a bug, thus the quotes). I'm used to Opera and IE where by when I double click some text the text will be automatically selected. Firefox does something like this but for some reason I don't yet understand it adds an extra space at the beginning or end of the selection. This is a problem for someone like me who for work does a lot of copy and paste. I use web software that is intolerant of extra spaces and this feature/bug is going to end up causing some major issues.
Is there a way to alter this behavior so that it behaves more like all my other computer programs? Your help is greatly appreciated.Not sure if this will help with your issue, but can try.
In the URL bar type about:config
Then change layout.word_select.eat_space_to_next_word to false. -
Can someone help me?How do I take the zoom feature off my MacBook Pro? I have already went to System Preferences and turned "zoom" off in the Universal Access. I saw where someone said to use THREE fingers to double click... ??? Double click what? And 3 fingers?
What really cheeses me off here is that Apple isn't allowing users enough customization. With each update of iTunes (and the OS and iOS) we're forced to give up something that worked well for the way we want to use the app and make do with fewer (and lamer) options. If Apple keeps this up, they're going to start losing customers fast. I mean if this isn't fixed soon, I'm pretty sure I'm going to give up on iTunes, and then I'll probably go ahead and get a Galaxy when I need to replace my iPhone.
What I don't understand about how they won't let users delete the list of available podcasts now is why? How is this making it a better program? I can understand that not all users are capable enough to right-click on a feed and select "Show all available episodes", so I can see why they want the complete list to be the default (and, surprise, it already was). But to not give users the option to delete that list? It's inconsiderate because it makes navigating feeds with a large back catalogue really frustrating. I'm flabbergasted that no one at Apple considered all the podcast feeds that keep hundreds of episodes available when they removed this feature. It smacks of rank incompetence.
What improvement were they trying to make here anyway? There was nothing wrong to my mind about how podcasts were managed in previous versions. Whatever improvement they were trying to make here, they should have realized that many users would at least want the option to keep things the way they were.
And reverting to a previous version is no solution. I can't sync my iPhone with the new iOS without this update, and (while I do have some issues--specifically how you can't play podcasts in the Music app anymore) I do like the new iOS. -
Feature Request: Double Clicking should be slowed down for Browsing use.
I have a menu on my website that you need to click some what fast - but when I do a normal double click using Opera, FF, or IE it doesn't highlight the entire menu. When I try in Safari it does.
It seems like the other browsers have set the double click up a couple notches some how.This isn't the first instance of someone with mouse issues. It seems Safari is currently ignoring a lot of system wide keyboard and mouse settings, including but not limited to, special function buttons and scroll speeds.
My inital guess is that its a bug just like the others. -
As stated, double clicking my iPod's home button pulls up the search feature, when what I want is the multitasking feature. This issue is extremely frustrating; I don't even use the search feature! It doesn't matter if I make two deliberate clicks, two rapid clicks, or any variation in between. Sometimes it works, but the majority of the time, it just pulls up search. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a common problem? If so, would updating my iPod to the latest firmware fix the issue? Any help or advice would be appreciated, this is extremely annoying. Thanks!
Search should come if with only one click (from the home page). Try a Reset, if that does not work, a restore From backup. If still no go, you probably have a hardware problem. Make an appointment at the Genius bar of your Apple store.
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When visiting Roliana the Your Posts and Bookmark sections are suppose to load a list of my previous posts or bookmarks, this section is designed to have a cool down period between clicks. Even if it is the first time in a 24 hour window that I click on the link it acts as though I have double clicked or attempted to access it too quickly.
On another site NeuroGalaxy the games will not work properly, they too act as though I have attempted to access them even though it is the first time in a 24 hour window.
The last site Kingdom of Knuffle is having an event where one has to click the answer to quiz, it too can only be accessed once a day and when I click on the answer it redirects me as though I have tried to access it multiple times.
I have attempted to use these functions on other browsers and they work fine, the only thread of similarity between the issues is Firefox and that they are all timed applications in some manner.
There are no errors to report or other oddities going on, the sites otherwise display and operate properly.Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to reset animated GIFs.
* Press and hold Shift and left-click the Reload button.
* Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
* Press "Cmd + Shift + R" (MAC) -
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.
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The latest version of iTunes does not allow me to open a playlist in a separate window. I need this feature. Is there another way? You used to be able to double click a playlist and have it appear in a new window.
Others have commented on this too. It seems to be one of the 'improvements' of the newer version you are supposed to embrace with joy as an exciting new development. You can send feedback to Apple but realize you may be perceived as standing in the path of progress.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html -
How to disable "Double Click on Tab Bar to Open New Tab" feature?
Since I upgraded to FF3 I've noticed this very annoying feature with tabs. If you double-click the 2-3 pixel wide bar just beneath tabs, it opens a new empty tab and sets the focus to that new tab (Which means I then have to go close that tab before going back to the tab I originally wanted). I happen to do this a lot by mistake (I go to click on a tab, but haven't clicked high enough, and of course, it doesn't change to the tab, so I unconsciously click again, which activates a new tab). I never open new empty tabs (alt-enter + middle click), and I have tabs to load in the background (i.e. to not *steal* the focus), so everything about this feature serves as an annoyance to me. Is there anyway to disable this "feature" (Either by disabling it, or making the width of the bar 0. I don't care either way)?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== I upgraded to FF3You can hold down the mouse button on a scroll button a bit longer to initiate scrolling multiple tabs.<br />
Otherwise you need to wait longer between the clicks on the scroll button.<br />
If you click twice on a tab bar scroll button too fast then you perform a 'page up' or 'page down' and the tabs scroll a tab bar width like you noticed.
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