Variable: mouse-1-double-click-prefer-symbols

mouse-1-double-click-prefer-symbols is a customizable variable defined in mouse.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, double-clicking Mouse-1 attempts to select the symbol at click.

If nil, the default, double-clicking Mouse-1 on a word-constituent character will select only the word at click location, which could select fewer characters than the symbol at click.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 30.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mouse.el.gz
(defcustom mouse-1-double-click-prefer-symbols nil
  "If non-nil, double-clicking Mouse-1 attempts to select the symbol at click.

If nil, the default, double-clicking Mouse-1 on a word-constituent
character will select only the word at click location, which could
select fewer characters than the symbol at click."
  :type 'boolean
  :version "30.1")