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Bug 68009 - Pan opens multiple browsers on doubleclick
Pan opens multiple browsers on doubleclick
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Pan
Classification: Other
Component: general
0.11.1
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Charles Kerr
Charles Kerr
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-01-04 14:56 UTC by Mart van de Wege
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
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Description Mart van de Wege 2002-01-04 14:56:56 UTC 
On doubleclicking a link in a news article, Pan tries to open three
instances of whatever browser is specified in the preferences. This happens
without regrard to browser. All instances start up normally with the right
URL, so it is not critical, just irritating.
Comment 1 Christophe Lambin 2002-01-05 14:56:34 UTC 
Actually, a single click is enough to launch a URL. :-)

When you double-click, GTK sends three events to Pan: two for the
actual clicks and one for the double-click, causing Pan to start the
URL three times.  If the browser is already running, all of these
starts will be processed by the same browser. If no browser is
running, you end up with three browser windows.

I can adapt Pan to ignore the second click and double-click events,
but it will be an Ugly Hack, AFAIS.

Of course, the ideal solution would be to have URLs underlined, making
single-clicks intuitive, but I don't think the GtkText widget supports
that.
Comment 2 Charles Kerr 2002-01-05 17:16:30 UTC 
gtk 2.0's text widget supports the coloring/underlining of links, so
this feature will be added shortly after gtk 2.0 is released.
Comment 3 Mart van de Wege 2002-01-06 00:55:47 UTC 
The explanation provided by Christophe is not *quite* right. A single
click on an URL does nothing on my system, only if I click anywhwere
else in the article pane does Pan start up a browser. It does start up
only one instance though, but a single-click is *not* enough here.

It does appear that either Pan or Gtk is messing up signals somewhere.
Comment 4 Mart van de Wege 2002-02-17 15:54:57 UTC 
Well, it appears this is fixed in the latest version. Marking it as
FIXED. Thanks for taking the time, guys.

Mart