How to ignore faulty mouse double click?

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Probably my mouse has reached it's EOL. So, whenever I press left click once, most of the times it double clicks. I know changing the mouse is the easiest thing to do but, I was wondering if there is any way by which I can set time interval between to consecutive clicks to decide whether second click should be considered or not.
I just measured my speed of double clicking and found the average time interval between two clicks is nearly 0.11-0.12 seconds. So any click who's time interval is less than 0.08 seconds from previous click should be ignored.
Will this need to make a kernel module or will this require to make changes in driver source code.

MichaelHabib · Answer

I wouldn't expect to find any software to deal with such a hardware issue. Your best bet is to work around it by using a combination of

Keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl+W to close windows & many others to deal with common tasks.
Using mouse right-click on links to both open up the context menu & select the menu item (Tested to work on Chrome)
Changing the mouse settings to left-handed which should swap the left & right mouse buttons, making right-click function as a left-click
Using Keyboard Mouse Emulation to control the pointer with numpad . This is usually found under Keyboard or Accessibility settings depending on the desktop environment used .

24601 · Answer

Go to Settings → Universal Access and set the Double Click delay there.

Adjust the slider to suit your preference.
If on the other hand you are seeking to apply a single click then refer to this answer

How to ignore faulty mouse double click?

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