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Questions tagged [double-click]

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Is there a way to not select whitespace after a word when double-clicking?

In Windows, it seems the default behavior when double-clicking a word is to select the word, and any whitespace following the word (spaces or tabs). You can see this behavior across all programs, so I'm assuming this isn't a per-program setting.…
Doozer Blake
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Run .sh file on double click on Windows with Cygwin

I created a .sh script file on my Windows machine. I'd like to run it on double click. If I open up the Cygwin Terminal and start it manually with the “sh” command it runs without problems. When I associate .sh file endings with c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe…
Rotareti
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Mouse double-click min interval

This is the second mouse dying on me because of a poor switch ! Under most operating systems there is a option to set the max time interval in which two mouse clicks are processed as on double click. Logically there has to be a way to set a minimum…
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Change taskbar to allow double click to start programs?

I would like to be able to double click on programs on my taskbar to start them rather than one left click because I find myself accidentally starting programs when trying to quickly navigate to another program on the taskbar. Are there any windows…
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Send double-click with Autohotkey

I'd like to remap the middle mouse button to double-click using autohotkey. A simple remapping (4th mutton -> middle button) worked fine using XButton1::MButton but I couldn't find a way to remap a button to send a left-button doubleclick. I've…
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How to change word selection separator characters in Windows 7?

When in Windows 7 I double-click in the text aaa.bbb, either aaa or bbb get selected but not both, so the selected text is that part only and not the whole string aaa.bbb. As another example, double-clicking anywhere something of the form aaa_bbb…
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Double click title bar to minimize window (as in OS X)?

I am an OS X user at home, and now the PC I use in my new job is running Vista. What I miss from OS X is that I used to double click the title bar to minimize a window, but now that leads to maximize instead. Is there an easy to change this behavior…
deddebme
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Mouse: Single clicks occasionally register as double clicks

I have a generic Logitech USB Optical Mouse (couldn't find a model number) and occasionally when I am doing a single click, it registers as a double click instead. For example, when I click a file once, it opens it rather than selects it. What could…
Wesley
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Excel: Why does double-clicking in a cell jump to a different cell?

Normally, when you double-click a cell, you enter in-cell editing mode, right? This works most of the time, but occasionally on random cells, a double-click instead moves the focus to a different cell in the sheet, as if I had simply single-clicked…
Torben Gundtofte-Bruun
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Windows symlink to executable - does not open by double click

On Windows 7 I created a symbolic link to an executable using: mklink Test.exe C:\Path\to\source.exe But when I try to run it by double clicking on it, i get the "open with" dialog. Running it from a command window works. The path is right. Is…
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How do I explain when to double-click verses single-click?

When teaching computer novices I notice that some always double-click when it isn't necessary or they ask 'How do I know when to single-click verses double-click?'. I've been using a computer for so long that I don't even think about whether to…
Steve Moser
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Make single clicks behave as double clicks

On the computer, you have to double-click sometimes to launch an applications or open a document, while in other places (buttons, dock icons) a single click is enough. On the web, you generally have to click only once. Do we still need double…
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How can I make the mouse wheel button perform a double-click in windows 7?

I have a "generic" mouse, and like most mice these days, the wheel has a click action as well. My "Microsoft IntelliMouse 1.1A PS/2 Compatible" Mouse used to have software that would allow the wheel click to perform a double-click. Does Windows 7…
Bernhard Hofmann
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Microsoft Word - how to make double-click select everything between two whitespaces

When I double-click a sequence of characters between two whitespaces - generally called "a word" - I would like for all the characters to be selected. Double-clicking to the right of the underscore in _word will only highlight word while to the left…
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How to get Double Click in notepad in Windows 8 to select the entire word / line of text and not stop at symbols such as -,+,% etc

In Windows XP, when one double clicks on a word, the entire word is selected. This is also true for words with dashes as well as urls that have dashes or other characters. For example: http://www.awebsite.com/great-pictures or run+jump In Windows 8,…
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