double click on ship to center map - problematic

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double click on ship to center map - problematic

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I'm having problems with the feature where I can go to Property list, double click on a listed ship to center map on it.

The function (move map) works, but the activator is giving me problems.

Game version 4.x, 5.x, 6.x

Issue:
Double click is not recognized about 75% of the time. I have to do it, then do it again, then do it again... until it finally "takes".

Particularly problematic when mouse pointer is the "broken circle" icon (semicircle top, semicircle bottom, broken with gap on left and right). I have like 10-20% success rate trying to double click on ship when this cursor is the one showing. When it's a regular arrow cursor success rate is 80-90%.


What I've tried:
  • Being careful about how fast I click
  • Being careful about where I click (on text, on blank area, on left, on right, etc)
  • Double click before I select a ship to select it
  • Double click after I select a ship
  • Double click ships vs stations (no difference)
  • Adjusting windows mouse properties double click speed
  • Using a regular-old-mouse (vs fancy-ass-gaming-mouse-with-razer-app, no difference)
I eventually resorted to mapping a function button on my mouse to "double click" to actually make it usable without being just a source of frustration.

Hardware:
  • Windows 10 home 22H2
  • Razer Naga Trinity mouse
  • Razer Synapse version 3.7.1103.110716
Things I don't have trouble with:
  • Double click function generally in windows or other apps
  • Double click function in other games
Oddities:
  • Seems better at game launch, seems to deteriorate as game is left running
  • Double click with tip of mouse arrow just below baseline of displayed ship description text seems particularly problematic, like it's missing hit box for the table row
  • Double click with tip of mouse above text seems much less problematic
  • Once it "takes" and works once, doing it again on other table rows is nearly 100% effective
Note that a solution would be to provide a configurable "center map on this unit" key binding to avoid having to double click. Select unit, press configurable key to center map on that unit. That'd be ok.

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