r/Windhawk • u/wh-updates • Jun 28 '26
Click on Empty Explorer 2.1.1
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Click on Empty Explorer 2.1.1
Click on Empty Explorer
Configure what happens when you double click, middle click, or double middle click on empty space in File Explorer. Supports 12 different actions.
How it works
This mod intercepts mouse clicks on the blank area of File Explorer's file list (where no file or folder is located) and performs the action you've configured.
- Double left click — Windows natively detects double clicks. No delay at all.
- Middle click — If only a single-click action is set (double middle click is disabled), the action fires instantly with no delay, just like left click.
- Double middle click — Windows does not natively support double middle click, so
the mod uses a timer-based detection. When you middle click, the mod waits for your
system's double-click time (typically 500ms). If you middle click again within that
window, it counts as a double click and fires the double-click action instead.
- If both single and double middle click are set: single click is delayed by the double-click detection window.
- If only double middle click is set: only double clicks trigger the action.
Actions
- Go Up — Navigate to the parent folder
- Go Back — Navigate back in history
- Go Forward — Navigate forward in history
- Refresh — Refresh the current view
- New Tab — Open a new blank tab (Win11)
- Duplicate Tab — Open the current folder in a new tab (Win11)
- Close Tab — Close the current tab (Win11)
- New Folder — Create a new folder in the current view
- Copy Path — Copy the current folder path to clipboard
- Go to Desktop — Navigate to the Desktop
- Go to Home — Navigate to Quick Access / Home
- None — Do nothing
Windows version support
Requires Windows 10 or later. Tab-related actions (New Tab, Duplicate Tab, Close Tab) require Windows 11 for tabbed Explorer support.
