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Claire27646682ww8n
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January 9, 2024
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Can I turn off Double Click to import?

  • January 9, 2024
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So sometimes I get to mousing around a bit fast, and I might miss the comp I'm looking to double click, and instead I activate the double click import, which opens a bright white window on my nice dark grey screen, and requires I drag my mouse over to close it, then trundle back over to the Project window to find the comp I was trying to open in the first place. Usually only happens when I'm in a hurry, because of course.

 

All I can find is people who like this feature that I loath, and nothing suggesting a way to turn it off. Is that because I'm the only person besides my business partner who hates it? I mean, CMD+i is RIGHT THERE if I need to import something. Literally 30+ years combined of the two of us never wanting a double click import, and as I get older and my icons get smaller, I'm really hoping there's an option to turn it off.

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izzaack
Known Participant
January 16, 2025

I would also be strongly in favour of being able to disable this feature. For me, having a feature rich piece of software is great, but what's equally (or maybe more important) is being able to achieve the desired effect as quickly, and with as few keystrokes as possible. Monitors are higher resolution, mouse (or tablet in my case) clicks less accurate and every wrong interpretation of a click or keystroke can result in unecessary arm movements, unecessary clicks and keystrokes. Personally, I'm currently in pain due to RSI in my shoulder so every dialogue box that needs closing, accidental zoom or scroll is like torture. Introducing the ability to customise your UI settings with these features would REALLY make this a piece of great software. There are tonnes of tweaks I'd make to have AE, and Premiere too, function as I really want it to. Global shortcuts (not just contextual) would be great as would disabling tabbed compositions at times...

Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
January 9, 2024

Nope. It's that old thing of stuff in AE being contextual and many shortcuts being overloaded to oblivion and back. If it's an option, toning down mouse sensitivity and click delay in the respective system control panel might improve things if you really have such fast firing fingers.

 

Mylenium 

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Claire27646682ww8nAuthor
Participating Frequently
January 9, 2024

As I feared. At least it's only an issue when I'm tired or in a rush and therefore less precise in my clicking. And way more prone to using colorful language directed toward whoever invented that "shortcut". 😕😕

Thanks!

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