Re: Gambas GUI - Double click in Left hand Project tree view panel - Observation.

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 15/01/2026 à 23:44, Ian Roper a écrit :
> Since the last two (?) versions of Gambas, I've found that double- 
> clicking on a code element in the left hand panel of the GUI takes a 
> 'number of tries' to open the element in the main GUI.
>
> This is very evident on opening a listed connection but generally, most 
> elements take 1-3 tries (double-clicks) before successfully opening.
>
> At first, I thought it was just me 'getting older' but I did ask on the 
> Gambas-One forum if any others had had difficulties and there were some 
> who reported observing the same thing.
>
> One user said they observed the same but after upgrading to 3.21.2 it 
> appeared to be resolved.
>
> I'm on the same Linux version & Gambas version and am still having this 
> issue.
>
> I've increased the double-click time on my system settings and that 
> helped a little but did not resolve the main problem.
>
> I'm not on a slow or old computer by any standing, as per the system 
> information below.
>
>
> I have found by experimentation that if I click on an object in the left 
> hand panel of the GUI and wait a few seconds,    (I'm guessing some 
> background tasks are completing?)
>
> then it seems to open normally.  Obviously, I can open the elements in 
> the main GUI in other ways so this is more of an observation.
>
> For my own peace of mind, I would like to know if there are increasing 
> background tasks occurring when you click on element prior to opening?

Not really. But opening the popup menu may trigger some desktop files 
processing.

Anyway, did you try with the QT version of the environment to see if you 
have the same problem? Or with the GTK+ version with the last master? 
There are many GTK+ component fixes related to mouse events.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.