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I use dolphin as my default file browser. The recent releases have moved the options to configure single/double click open of files.

Settings -> Configure Dolphin -> Navigation - Mouse

I find that I use double click to open as a single click to select allows me to manage my files a lot more easily.

How do I change these settings in the new version of dolphin?

I am using i3 windows manager on manjaro distro.

nelaaro
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Start System Settings then type in the search box "double click" and select Workspace Behavior

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Then under General Behavior change the radio button from Opens them to Selects them

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Ed_
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After weeks of trying different things.

Using systemseting5

Option 1

I could not follow these instructions. As they relate to an older version of dolphin and KDE.

systemsettings from the command prompt -> Input Devices under the Hardware section -> Mouse section in the left-hand side menu > Double-click to open files and folders

Option 2

I could not follow these instructions As my systemsettings5 did not have all the options available to set

Under Workspace section > Desktop Behaviour > Workspace > Click behaviour > Single/Double Click Option

I didn't have Desktop Behaviour as an option. I fixed this by installing the missing package 

sudo pacman -S plasma-meta

Then I could follow the above options.

Alternatives command line

Change the options in the kdeglobals config of my user.

vim ~/.config/kdeglobals
...
[KDE]
...
SingleClick=false
...

Restart.

nelaaro
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You can work around this problem with your keyboard using

Ctrl+left click

That will let you single click files to do file operations like move and copy etc.

nelaaro
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Settings + System Settings + Workspace + Desktop Behaviour Workspace Behaviour

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