[MlMt] Rules dialog popping up unexpectedly

[Eric Sharakan]

On 4 Feb 2020, at 15:01, Ben Hyde wrote:

> On 1 Feb 2020, at 10:39, Eric Sharakan wrote:
>> On 1 Feb 2020, at 9:05, Charlie Clark wrote:
>>
>>> On 31 Jan 2020, at 20:16, Eric Sharakan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, this one is a minor annoyance, but it happens to me multiple 
>>>> times a day.  Often, when the focus is on another App, I'll click 
>>>> once in the MM window to make it active, and then click again to 
>>>> select a mailbox.  If those two clicks happen quickly enough (under 
>>>> a second apart or so), the Rules composition window pops up, and I 
>>>> have to explicitly dismiss it.
>>>>
>>>> Ideally, the click to make MM active would not be "counted" to 
>>>> determine whether a double-click action on a mailbox has occurred.  
>>>> Is there any way to control this?  Or some way to prevent all these 
>>>> unwanted Rules window activations?
>>>
>>> I get something similar when clicking on messages, the search 
>>> function gets activated. While I was using my graphics tablet I 
>>> thought this was due to inadvertent double-clicks, but as I still 
>>> get it with a mouse I think this is a MailMate bug and probably be 
>>> filed as such.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>
>> I fear this is actually a system-wide MacOS thing, as I see similar 
>> behavior in other Apps.  Still, I hope Benny can do something in MM 
>> to help.
>>
>> -Eric
>
> I wonder if that might not be related to the system preferences -> 
> mouse -> double click speed.  I vaguely moving that toward the faster 
> end of the spectrum at some point a few years ago. - ben

Yes, setting the double-click speed will certainly impact this.  But the 
real issue is that the click that gives a new App focus should not be 
considered as starting a double-click, no matter how fast or slow the 
subsequent click.

-Eric