Feature: Added option to turn off double click gesture

src/Files.App/ServicesImplementation/Settings/FoldersSettingsService.cs

@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ public bool SelectFilesOnHover
 			set => Set(value);
 		}
 
+		public bool DoubleClickToGoUp
+		{
+			get => Get(true);
+			set => Set(value);
+		}
+
 		protected override void RaiseOnSettingChangedEvent(object sender, SettingChangedEventArgs e)
 		{
 			switch (e.SettingName)
@@ -280,6 +286,7 @@ protected override void RaiseOnSettingChangedEvent(object sender, SettingChanged
 				case nameof(ShowConfirmDeleteDialog):
 				case nameof(SelectFilesOnHover):
 				case nameof(ShowSelectionCheckboxes):
+				case nameof(DoubleClickToGoUp):
 					Analytics.TrackEvent($"Set {e.SettingName} to {e.NewValue}");
 					break;
 			}

src/Files.App/Strings/en-US/Resources.resw

@@ -2883,4 +2883,7 @@
   <data name="Settings" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Settings</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="DoubleClickBlankSpaceToGoUp" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Double click on a blank space to go up one directory</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

src/Files.App/ViewModels/SettingsViewModels/FoldersViewModel.cs

@@ -353,6 +353,19 @@ public bool SelectFilesOnHover
 			}
 		}
 
+		public bool DoubleClickToGoUp
+		{
+			get => UserSettingsService.FoldersSettingsService.DoubleClickToGoUp;
+			set
+			{
+				if (value != UserSettingsService.FoldersSettingsService.DoubleClickToGoUp)
+				{
+					UserSettingsService.FoldersSettingsService.DoubleClickToGoUp = value;
+					OnPropertyChanged();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Local methods
 
 		public void ResetLayoutPreferences()

src/Files.App/Views/LayoutModes/ColumnViewBase.xaml.cs

@@ -333,13 +333,15 @@ private void FileList_DoubleTapped(object sender, DoubleTappedRoutedEventArgs e)
 							ItemInvoked?.Invoke(new ColumnParam { NavPathParam = (item is ShortcutItem sht ? sht.TargetPath : item.ItemPath), ListView = FileList }, EventArgs.Empty);
 						break;
 					default:
-						ParentShellPageInstance.Up_Click();
+						if (UserSettingsService.FoldersSettingsService.DoubleClickToGoUp)
+							ParentShellPageInstance.Up_Click();
 						break;
 				}
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				ParentShellPageInstance.Up_Click();
+				if (UserSettingsService.FoldersSettingsService.DoubleClickToGoUp)
+					ParentShellPageInstance.Up_Click();
 			}
 
 			ResetRenameDoubleClick();

src/Files.App/Views/LayoutModes/DetailsLayoutBrowser.xaml.cs

@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ private void FileList_DoubleTapped(object sender, DoubleTappedRoutedEventArgs e)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				ParentShellPageInstance.Up_Click();
+				if (UserSettingsService.FoldersSettingsService.DoubleClickToGoUp)
+					ParentShellPageInstance.Up_Click();
 			}
 			ResetRenameDoubleClick();
 		}

src/Files.App/Views/LayoutModes/GridViewBrowser.xaml.cs

@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ private void FileList_DoubleTapped(object sender, DoubleTappedRoutedEventArgs e)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				ParentShellPageInstance.Up_Click();
+				if (UserSettingsService.FoldersSettingsService.DoubleClickToGoUp)
+					ParentShellPageInstance.Up_Click();
 			}
 			ResetRenameDoubleClick();
 		}

src/Files.App/Views/SettingsPages/Folders.xaml

@@ -324,14 +324,26 @@
 			<!--  Select On Hover  -->
 			<local:SettingsBlockControl Title="{helpers:ResourceString Name=SelectFilesAndFoldersOnHover}" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
 				<local:SettingsBlockControl.Icon>
-					<FontIcon Glyph="&#xE8B0;" />
+					<FontIcon Glyph="&#xE14E;" />
 				</local:SettingsBlockControl.Icon>
 
 				<ToggleSwitch
 					AutomationProperties.Name="{helpers:ResourceString Name=SelectFilesAndFoldersOnHover}"
 					IsOn="{x:Bind ViewModel.SelectFilesOnHover, Mode=TwoWay}"
 					Style="{StaticResource RightAlignedToggleSwitchStyle}" />
 			</local:SettingsBlockControl>
+
+			<!--  Double click to go up  -->
+			<local:SettingsBlockControl Title="{helpers:ResourceString Name=DoubleClickBlankSpaceToGoUp}" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
+				<local:SettingsBlockControl.Icon>
+					<FontIcon Glyph="&#xE8B0;" />
+				</local:SettingsBlockControl.Icon>
+
+				<ToggleSwitch
+					AutomationProperties.Name="{helpers:ResourceString Name=DoubleClickBlankSpaceToGoUp}"
+					IsOn="{x:Bind ViewModel.DoubleClickToGoUp, Mode=TwoWay}"
+					Style="{StaticResource RightAlignedToggleSwitchStyle}" />
+			</local:SettingsBlockControl>
 
 			<!--  Calculate folder sizes  -->
 			<local:SettingsBlockControl

src/Files.Backend/Services/Settings/IFoldersSettingsService.cs

@@ -174,5 +174,10 @@ public interface IFoldersSettingsService : IBaseSettingsService, INotifyProperty
 		/// Gets or sets a value indicating whether or not to select files and folders when hovering them.
 		/// </summary>
 		bool SelectFilesOnHover { get; set; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets or sets a value indicating if double clicking a blank space should go up a directory.
+		/// </summary>
+		bool DoubleClickToGoUp { get; set; }
 	}
 }