Specifying the mouse double-click duration

You can modify the duration that is allowed between the two mouse clicks that constitute a double-click action. There is a specific period of time, in milliseconds, that is used to judge if two mouse button presses are a double-click or two single clicks. This behavior is defined through resources, and as such, can be modified, either by using scomouse or by editing the Desktop resource files.

You may find that the default settings require you to double-click the mouse button more quickly than you would prefer. Perhaps you commonly double-click on an icon, only to find that you have selected the icon (instead of executing it) because the Desktop interpreted your action as two separate single-click actions. Or, you may feel that the default settings allow for too much time between the clicks that constitute a double-click action.

The following sections describe how to define the double-click duration:

• using scomouse

• for the Desktop only

• for the window manager only