[Xfce-bugs] [XFCE 0000311]: REQ: Automatically detect double-click on panel to avoid running apps twice.

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http://bugs.xfce.org/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000311
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Reporter:                   gdhgdh
Handler:                    huysmans
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Project:                    XFCE
Bug ID:                     0000311
Category:                   panel
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2004-09-03 08:18 UTC
Last Modified:              2004-09-03 15:27 UTC
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Summary:                    REQ: Automatically detect double-click on panel to avoid running apps twice.
Description: 
Just as the Summary says, I think this would be a great and useful addition
to the panel - at the moment we have Thunderbird on the panel, but it takes
3 or 4 seconds to start, and our users get impatient and launch the app
twice...

This leads to Thunderbird's "Create a new profile" dialog appearing and
generally messes things up :)

If we could have a definable "only permit one app launch every N seconds"
that would be fantastic! :)


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 huysmans - 2004-09-03 15:22 UTC 
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I'd like this to work right without additional options. If anyone has ideas
on how to implement this, I'd be interested to hear them.

Perhaps a better feedback when clicking the item will be enough (disable
button for one second while greying out the icon, or something).

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 gdhgdh - 2004-09-03 15:27 UTC 
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I think better notification is definately needed...

At present, the 'hourglass' is a tiny couple of pixels beside the normal
pointer - it's very difficult to discern that the changed mouse pointer is
indicating "application is launching".

Disabling the button for the duration of the double-click period would be
great, and if it's clicked in the meantime, cause a system bell / screen
flash perhaps?