Applications (or Apple menu) > System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Mouse In the KDE Desktop under Unix-like operating systems - K Menu > Control Center (or Alt+F2 "kcontrol") > Peripherals > Mouse > Advanced > Double-click interval In the GNOME Desktop under Unix-like operating systems - System > Preferences > Mouse Patent In 2004, Microsoft was granted a patent on using a double-click on "limited resource computing devices". As a result of this, some observers fear that any U.S. company which uses double-clicking may have to change their product not to use the technology, pay licensing fees to Microsoft, or give Microsoft access to intellectual property. See also Single-click Triple-click References User interface techniques