How to Disable single click to open email in New Outlook?

Anonymous
2024-02-18T07:41:15+00:00

In New Outlook, it opens an email when I click on it.

I want to change the setting to double-click. Please help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-23T03:44:25+00:00

    I used the following approach as workaround:

    1. Go to Settings >> Mail >> Layout >>
    2. Under the Reading pane options, select "At the bottom"
    3. Save and return back to email list window. Reading pane at the bottom half will appear.
    4. Drag the Reading Pane border marker (top-right) to reduce the size of the pane to minimum possible.
    5. Now the single click will not open any email. Whereas double click will open the email in new window.

    Thanks! This seems to be the best workaround for the problem. Per you suggestion, I've turned the Reading Pane on for now, chosen to have it displayed in a strip at the bottom of the Outlook window, and the single clicks no longer open the email.

    (FYI I had to choose this workaround today because Outlook forced me to switch to the new version just now, so I guess there's no going back to the old version anymore.)

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-16T18:18:50+00:00

    The only options I see in View-->Reading Pane are:

    • Show on the right
    • Show on the bottom
    • Hide

    It's still dumb to tie the click to open an email to reading pane options anyway; some of us don't use the reading pane.

    Furthermore, I don't know a single soul who uses a single click to open anything. Double Click = Open since before Windows even used a mouse & we were all using a Mac Plus or SE with the 8" black & white screen. Someone at Microsoft needs to get his or her **** together.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-15T03:16:51+00:00

    Yup, this is trash.

    At least give option to disable the single click on email opens in viewing pane.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-25T15:36:40+00:00

    I just found this issue too (now moved to using the web based mail only).

    My conclusion so far until they fix it, instead of single click, right click and go direct to the options I was probably after anyway.

    I single click because I want to delete/Mark Read something without reading, and found these options are immediately availavle in the right click menu

    You can also change the quick clicks to add the "delete" "move" or "flag" option so it is shown when you hover over the message in your inbox, which provides you with the option to just click that icon to delete something, or archive something, without the need to right click. Still hoping they fix this at some point, because I do continue to open a lot of emails that I don't want to open, but this update to the inbox has helped.

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