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I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04, and I have noticed that double-clicking (with mouse or touchpad buttons) does not open files or folders. Single click does select them, but the second click seems to have no effect. If I click on a file or folders and then hit Enter, they do open as expected. Any ideas? Thanks.

QwertyChouskie
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  • Hmmmm - unable to duplicate the problem. On my freshly-installed Ubuntu 18.04 test system, double-clicking seems to work properly. – user535733 May 29 '19 at 16:31
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    Try this: Open **Settings**-> **Universal Access**. Then scroll down, you will see *'Double click delay'*, try to edit it and check if it works for you. – singrium May 29 '19 at 16:40
  • I have to adjust that on every PC I touch, Linux/Windows/Otherguys. singrium is right. – K7AAY May 29 '19 at 17:21

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I ran into this problem, the solution is as @singrium outlined in the comments. I am posting it as an answer so that people running into the same problem can more easily find the answer.

Open the Settings app, go to Accessibility, scroll down until you find the "Double-Click Delay" slider, and adjust it to what works best for you.

Apparently, the minimum setting completely disables double click.

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in my case,

Settings -> Universal Access and in Pointing & Clicking, turned on Mouse Keys will resolve this problem.

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