How to enable double-click

Question

I can't open folders with double click anymore. Instead I have to right click and press open. How do I reenable it? I'm running Ubuntu 13.04.

OMG thank you so much for that i have been right clicking and hitting open for almost a year now — , Jul 18 '14 at 07:12

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered May 14 '13 at 14:47

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Go to System Settings > Click on Mouse and TouchPad & Check Double Click to low

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answered May 14 '13 at 14:47

Qasim

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I had been struggling without double clicking. thanks for your help and you made me work eagarly more on ubuntu – Kumaresan Perumal Jun 07 '16 at 06:48

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '18 at 14:04

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Ubuntu 18.04

Open Settings and click on the left tap Universal Access.
In the bottom you will find Double-Click delay

answered Oct 10 '18 at 14:04

abu_bua

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I can confirm that this method of increasing double-click delay had solved my double-click problem – Cipto HD Nov 04 '18 at 16:54

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 10 '18 at 22:13

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In Ubuntu 17.10 and some other versions, the setting to set the double-click speed doesn't show under the "mouse and touchpad" settings - see here:

However, there is a different solution or workaround:

Open the Activities overview and start typing Universal Access.
Click on Universal Access to open the panel.
Under Pointing & Clicking, adjust the Double-click slider to a value you find comfortable.

Source: http://ftp.labdoo.org/download/Public/manuals/help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/mouse-doubleclick.html

edited Oct 10 '18 at 22:13

pomsky

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answered Oct 10 '18 at 13:49

user880540

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If you have a new question, please ask it by clicking the Ask Question button. Include a link to this question if it helps provide context. - From Review – Daniele Santi Oct 10 '18 at 14:09
I just found a solution and turned the question into an answer. – user880540 Oct 10 '18 at 14:11

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 10 '21 at 21:32

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I was having this problem after reinstalling xserver sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-all, since keyboard and mouse suddenly stopped working.

I tried the same with this answer: https://askubuntu.com/a/295342/1201991 . Everything was ok then.

edited Apr 10 '21 at 21:32

AEM

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answered Apr 10 '21 at 10:29

Vangelis Gkiastas

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered May 11 '18 at 18:07

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open startup Application Preference -> Add

Name: Touchpad Tap Function
Command : synclient TapButton1=1 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2

Then click Add

And reboot

answered May 11 '18 at 18:07

Bibhu Pala

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How to enable double-click

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Ubuntu 18.04