Ensure double-click opens card instead of opening sidebar

[sdaitzman]

In this video, the user attempts to double-click on a subsection. The first click opens the sidebar, which causes a layout update, and prevents the double-click from registering (since the layout reflows, second click is on the sidebar).

This may be able to be fixed with a brief pause after a single click. In other words, for a typical double-click threshold of ~500ms:

1.(0ms) Click event on the card registers
2. (0ms) Timer for 500ms begins
3. (0ms-500ms) If a double-click event is registered on the card, the timer is canceled
4. (500ms) The sidebar opens at the end of the timer, if no double-click was registered

The threshold may need some tuning. I don't think it's possible to detect the user's double-click delay, so there's a potential accessibility concern (we want any users with a longer double-click time to still be able to double-click if possible). There's also a potential performance concern (500ms is above the general recommended perceptual delay threshold, so we may want to adjust downwards if it doesn't feel responsive).

Related Issues

#1883
#1598

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(Follow-up based on feedback at Open edX 2025, thanks @ormsbee for highlighting this)

[ahtesham-quraish]

@sdaitzman can you please let me know how to configure this new libraries locally? I am still using old version of libraries and want to work on this issue I am sure this is new version which beta version of libraries.

[sdaitzman]

Hi @ahtesham-quraish, this issue is within an epic intended to fall under a development effort through a funded contribution and the mission-aligned organization program. I've updated the ticket to reflect this.

If you're interested in more info about developer setup to support contributions to content libraries, I'd recommend the #content-libraries-relaunch-dev channel in the Open edX Slack.

[ahtesham-quraish]

@sdaitzman thanks for updating me about it. My intention is to work on some features in new content libraries. Can you please point out features/improvments that i can work on ?

[ormsbee]

@ahtesham-quraish: New libraries functionality is enabled on Tutor by default. If you're running devstack, the toggle logic is here:

https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/blob/693680ba583ed52272b0aa84cecef52637675c71/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/toggles.py#L609-L619

In particular, Meilisearch needs to be installed and enabled, because all the library browse/search functionality depends on it.

How much time do you have to work on content libraries?

[ahtesham-quraish]

@ormsbee thanks for reply, I have enabled the new libraries functionality for my local setup. Now want to work on some features. I have handsome amount of time so please provide me features/improvement to work on.

[ahtesham-quraish]

@sdaitzman @ormsbee I am going to work on this.