Checkboxes in Preferences dialog can be changed unintentionally

[sterretjeToo]

Describe the problem

If one clicks in the Preferences dialog box on a "line" (vertical position) that contains a checkbox, the checkbox toggles.

To reproduce

1. Open Preferences
2. Use mouse to click on a "line" with a checkbox (e.g. at the far right.
3. Checkbox will toggle

Expected behavior

Checkbox should only toggle when clicked on the box itself or the associated text.

Arduino IDE version

arduino-ide_nightly-20240211_Windows_64bit

Operating system

Windows

Operating system version

Windows 10 Home

Additional context

No response

Issue checklist

• I searched for previous reports in the issue tracker
• I verified the problem still occurs when using the latest nightly build
• My report contains all necessary details

[kittaakos]

Thanks for taking the time and letting us know.

Checkbox should only toggle when clicked on the box itself or the associated text.

I think it works as intended. The preference widget in IDE2 is a re-implementation of the IDE 1.8.x behavior:

gh_2365.mp4

[sterretjeToo]

Yep, you clicked on the "box", not far away from it.

For the three checkboxes at the bottom, click where I did put the red mark

Note
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