really fast double-click time for registers??
I don't think this is specific to 2011 but that's what I'm using
so I"ll post it here:
I've noticed that if I try to select a field in a register entry
for editing, I have to double-click really fast, much
faster than, say, double-clicking a desktop icon to launch a
program or open a file. I pretty much have to double-click as fast
as I possibly can. Probably 25% of the time I have to try twice or
even three times, I think because I've clicked too slowly.
Is this my imagination or is there some internal setting in
moneydance or java that causes this? I'm using java 1.6.0_24, and
linux mint (based on ubuntu lucid) w/ gnome.
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Support Staff 2 Posted by Ben Spencer on 07 Apr, 2011 02:46 PM
Hi Zeke
I saw this on some earlier versions of Ubuntu where Java applications do not use the double click time out specified by the mouse preferences. On ubuntu 8.04 the double click speed necessary for Moneydance to edit an existing transaction seems faster than with other applications.
To fix this on ubuntu 8.04 edit /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common and add the following line: *multiClickTime: 400
Save and then restart X (or restart your computer if thats easier)
The 400 is in milliseconds you may want this number to be larger.
Sincerely
Ben Spencer
Moneydance Support
3 Posted by zeke on 07 Apr, 2011 03:14 PM
Thanks, I will see if this can work, but I am using ubuntu 10.04, which isn't what I would call "early".
Support Staff 4 Posted by Ben Spencer on 07 Apr, 2011 03:17 PM
Let me know if it works. I was not insinuating the 10.04 was early rather that I had seen this problem on earlier versions (such as 8.04) and the the prior solution may still be relevant. I am sorry for the confusion.
Sincerely
Ben Spencer
5 Posted by zeke on 07 Apr, 2011 03:38 PM
Thanks, I hope I didn't sound insulted that you were dissing my ubuntu! I just wanted to point out the version since from my extremely vague and virtually nonexistent storehouse of linux and x server knowledge I seem to recall that newer versions of the x server use some sort of dynamic configuration and that static configuration files weren't used? Anyway when I get a chance to back this up w/ experiment I'll let you know what I find.
After a quick search this seems to be a pretty well-known and current issue w/ multiple versions of java, so I have great hopes the workaround will work!
6 Posted by zeke on 08 Apr, 2011 01:34 AM
I don't think my reply got sent!? Anyway, thanks, your workaround was successful. I created the file ~/.Xresources and put the specification for *multiClickTime: 400 in that instead of the global file.
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