Why do I Have to Click Twice to Open Catalina Mail

It is not a problem it is a design feature.

Unfortunately there is no response that can help if you simply don't like the design apart from adding your name to a feature request at

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

There is only one workaround in the form of changing your screen closing behavior as described many times

I see. Well I only have two laptops, a MacBool and a MacBook Air, and neither of them do that. I don't doubt that some people may have that happen. I just can't think of any reason why.

Did you install the Catalina supplemental update yet? If not, maybe that will help.

the issue is that you must double click to open mail viewer under Catalina, while Mojave required only a single click. that is what this thread is about. People are questioning the inconsistency and just checking if others have experienced the same issue.

For some, having unused apps open in the background is not desirable as such, minimizing a window is not desirable. For others, the workaround is appropriate. For me, double clicking is a minor inconvenience, but it is an inconsistency that Apple should address, as a lot of people have raised the issue

It is still a single click to open Mail.

But if you closed the pane then quit, you need to click again to open the pane after reopening the app.

Its only double click if you choose to do them in quick succession

I am not so sure this is new to Catalina,

Barney-15E wrote:

Perkoz wrote:

If all programs in the dock open with one click, I expect this also from the mail program. There was a single click in the mojavie system. This is a mistake that they must correct.

Mail does open with one click.

Barney, you should know better too

Yes Mail opens with one click on the Dock icon ...but it does not always open and actually show the window on one click.

I think the moderators should close this thread now. The point has been raised, and we know how it manifests, and it has been reported to Apple. If Berting agrees that is, it was their thread.

The behaviour is nothing to do with the trackpad or click settings configuration.

it is simply a small change in the way the App seems to be running, that some of us would like put back the way it used to be.

if some want to keep it then that is their choice.

I tested

Mail - as described above

Calendar. Red dot closes window. After re-opening the app the window also re-opens, not like Mail

Notes, Reminders and Photos. Red dot closes the app completely.

It is this inconsistency of policy in Apple's apps that is causing some concern, I am sure.

I need to be clear, for myself as well as for others reading my reply.

Pre-Catalina, I would single-click on Mail and it would open, being displayed on the screen as expected. When I was done with it, I would click on the red dot. But doing so "only closes the window that Mail is displayed in"; it is still running. I would then right-click on the Panel icon and click Quit, terminating Mail. Re-launching Mail worked with another single-click; it opened displayed on the screen. Following these exact steps with Mail in Catalina doesn't cause Mail to launch and display on the screen. A second click on the icon is required so Mail displays on the screen.

I understand that the buttons (red, yellow, green) affect the window of the running app; red means 'close the window', not quit the app. In Catalina the API that controls the window for Mail must have been changed, and I find that surprising. Within an OS, generally the API that controls window behavior (close, minimize, maximize) is used for each native app that has a window. So why is Mail using a (apparently) different window API?

Not to belabor the point but, the behavior has changed since Mojave and earlier. Some users are apparently closing the Mail window before quitting Mail. In the past, the Mail window would open when Mail was opened, just as Safari still does. I don't know if it is a purposeful change by Apple or not.

I am tiring of telling users not to close the Mail window before quitting. 😎

I always right click on the mail application and quit or take cursor on top menu bar > mail > and quit the app , and never close the mail window , this issue of mail opening do occur sometimes , this is a slight error what I observed , apple engineers have to resolve it .The other members who are posting in the thread are also facing the same , otherwise without any reason they will not post here .

Using mojave 10.14.6 it was working fine .

Jeez, is this still going on, I can’t believe some are still trying to defend this nonsense (...it wasn’t you that wot did it was it 😆)

Mail never worked this way, at least going back to the end of 2011.

This is not a server. Mail is a user application not a service, when we launch it, we expect it to show us something It really is that simple.

They will fix it because they know ****** fine that it’s wrong. Just don’t want to admit it.

I agree that this box should be checked by default, and that it is a good idea to have it checked at all times (I can't imagine why one would want the opposite, really).

But this is not what several people have been clamoring against in this thread.

It is a changed behavior, which can be observed even with this box checked, and even if there is just one space.

We all agree that the behavior changed in Catalina; some of us believe the current behavior is now the correct one (those of us that have been using macs since before there was an iPhone, and that understand that an application may be running with no open windows).

You may compare how Mail and Safari behave in this regard.

People want Mail to be like Safari (or, for others, the other way around 😎)

Mail does open with a single click.

The mail view may not be open if you closed it down with red button.

(As explained ad nauseam.)

Apps vary widely in this respect. The rest are not all the same.

It did change with Catalina,

If you don't like the change contact

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

Nobody here can change the situation.

You can send your thoughts here: Feedback - macOS - Apple