On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 4:32 PM Pratyush Yadav <m...@yadavpratyush.com> wrote:
>
> On 13/09/19 12:24PM, Allan Ford wrote:
> > Dear Git Authors,
> >
> > Not a bug, but a suggestion consideration for “Git Gui”
> >
> > Can a double click on the file name in the “unstaged” area move the
> > item to “staged changes” .. (rather than having to click on the small
> > icon to the left of the file name?)
>
> It has been something on my radar for some time. Shouldn't be something
> too difficult to do.
>
> While I like the idea in general, I have a question that I'd like to ask
> other git-gui users:

I miss a general problem description: Whats wrong with the
single-click on the icon to begin with?

I consider adding a second way as not not acceptable. I also consider
double-click on a file in a GUI an "open" action. But in git-gui, this
"open" action (showing the diff) is already done with a single-click.

>From my point of view, it can stay as is.

Best,
Bert

>
> If we implement something like this, what happens when you single-click
> on the icon? Do we treat that as a stage/unstage command? If we keep the
> legacy behaviour of single-click on the icon stages/unstages, then a
> part of the row is single-click and the rest double-click.
>
> If we make an entire row of the stage/unstage widget double click, it
> messes with people who are already used to it.
>
> Is partial single and partial double click behaviour acceptable? Or
> should we make the entire row double click only? Or something else that
> I missed?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pratyush Yadav

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