We’ve got a couple of Nextcloud instances that we maintain, with OnlyOffice, and a high profile user has complained about the click behavior in it. Specifically, he’d like the web version to behave in a more Windows-like manner:
Single-clicks registering as SELECTING files,
Double-clicks registering as opening files in OnlyOffice for editing and/or viewing (depending on permissions), and…
Right-clicks registering as the usual context menu, no change.
Is there any way to realize this kind of interface in Nextcloud + OnlyOffice?
I’ve reached out to the OnlyOffice folks here, but this seems like something relevant to the “Files” application within Nextcloud rather than anything else. Anyone know the link to the Github repo for the “Files” app?
I use the Collabora Online application instead of ONLYOFFICE. But in all my Nextcloud applications, clicking once on the file name opens the application. For example, if you click on a PDF, it opens directly. Is the behaviour really as described? What is the behaviour with PDFs, for example?
You can try Wolkesicher Demo for comparison (thanks to Wolkesicher). Does your Nextclolud really have a fundamentally different behaviour? Collabora Online is also used here. But compare e.g. the call of PDF.
For test you can also register for Nextcloud Instant Trial. You get a 60 minutes account and you can use your link https://odoo.nextcloud.com/... multiple times to get an account at https://demo1.nextcloud.com or https://demo2.nextcloud.com . Unfortunately, a “paywall” has also been introduced here. You need registration to be able to access the demo accounts.
Yes, but @Fortunate-Baggage wants the same behaviour as in Windows or Google Drive, where you can select a file with a single click and open it with a double click. I mean, I highly doubt they’ll implement this feature request anytime soon, if ever, as it seems like a deliberate design decision to me, but maybe it’s worth a try…
Then I must have misunderstood. I know Windows less. But when I surf the Internet, for example, I only click on a link once and it opens in the browser. And this is exactly the behaviour I expect from a web-based application like Nextcloud.
In Tiny File Manager (see demo) is the same behaviour. Perhaps Microsoft is the exceptions.
If it’s not a really faulty behaviour of your own Nextcloud or browser, then it’s unlikely to change much. Of course he create an issue, but most users won’t see this as a bug. Most people would probably reject an adjustment to the click behaviour. And just because Microsoft use it doesn’t mean it’s good.
Nobody says that, it would be a feature request, and there is no right or wrong in this case imho.
Windows Explorer in Microsoft’s famous desktop operating system has double-click to open files by default, and many users have become used to this behaviour over the last 30 years. Google Drive also has it (probably for that very reason), whereas others like Nextcloud don’t.
Again, there is no right or wrong here, just different UX philosophies, and ideally a file manger app would offer both options and allow the user to change it, just as you can switch to single-click in Windows Explorer or many Linux file managers.
