Editing Double-click (section)

==Difficulties==
New mouse users or the elderly often have difficulty with double-clicking due to a need for specific [[fine motor skill]]s. They may have trouble clicking fast enough or keeping the mouse still while double-clicking.

Solutions to this may include:
* Click once to select and press Enter on keyboard (on Windows systems).
* Using keyboard navigation instead of a mouse.
* Configuring the system to use single clicks for actions usually associated with double-clicks.
* Configuring the system to allow for more delay time between the two clicks for it to be registered as a double-click (See below for how to on several operating systems)
* Remapping the double-click function to a single click on an additional button, for example the often unused middle button. This effectively creates a Unix style 3-button scheme of select/action/context.
* To prevent the mouse from moving during a double-click, bracing the mouse by putting the thumb on the side of the mouse and the bottom of the hand on the bottom of the mouse.
* In Windows, the threshold of movement can be increased by changing the associated registry keys in {{code|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse}}
Additionally, applications and operating systems will often not require the mouse to be completely still. Instead, they implement [[hysteresis]], allowing for a small amount of movement between the two clicks.

Another complication lies in the fact that some systems associate one action with a single click, another with a double-click, and yet another with a two consecutive single clicks.  Even advanced users sometimes fail to differentiate between these properly. An example is the most common way of renaming a file in [[Microsoft Windows]]. A single click highlights the file's icon and another single click (on the filename, not the icon) makes the name of the file editable. A user who tries to execute this action may inadvertently open the file (a double-click) by clicking too quickly, while a user who tries to open the file may find it being renamed by clicking too slowly. This may be avoided by Windows' users by using the menu (or {{keypress|[[Function key|F2]]}}/{{keypress|[[Enter key|Enter]]}}) to initiate renaming and opening rather than multiple clicks. In [[GNOME]], this problem is avoided entirely by simply not allowing file renaming by this method. In the [[classic Mac OS]], which originated this technique, moving the mouse after the first click would immediately highlight the name. This was the result of a bug in the first versions of the system, one that was deliberately continued after users had come to rely upon it.