Accidentally castling

It happens all the time; I'm about to move the rook in a complicated situation, but the game end up castling, which was not my intention at all. I guess I'm the one doing a mistake, but it feels like the game is overturning my rook move and castling instead. It ruins my match too often. 

I reckon the king square must have been highlighted before I try to move the rook, but it happens too often for me to really understand this can be the issue. It always happens late in the game, when I have avoided castling, and then mistakenly I end up castling in to the dangerous situation on the side which I really want to avoid. 

Do other people have this problem? Maybe there should be a little security check before castling in the program?

Not possible. Click rook and move two squares toward K will result in rook move not castle.

It's not that I'm moving two squares toward the king. I was clicking Rh8 to take the pawn at h4, but ended up castling, which was a disaster. This happened today, and I had a similar incident yesterday. I'm getting frustrated from accidental castling.

Then you are clicking then king before the rook. Don't do it.

Try to make sure your king is not high lighted when you click the rook

I know that, and I don't understand why it happens; it happens too often. Cannot remember being close to the king square every time it happens. But I don't see other possibilities. But it happens so often. And it is really annoying. Am I the only one experiencing this?

That is strange, as to castle one must move the King first towards the Rook. It would seem more natural that a King moving one square instead of castling would be the problem here?

Also, check your settings. To make a move I have to select a piece and physically (well with the mouse) move it. But I don't play short time-control games, and if you do I suppose the clicking saves necessary time.

I have never had a problem castling in a "regular" game of chess (960 can be a little strange).

It shouldn't be possible to highlight the king, then click the rook and have the king castle. The only way should be to click/highlight the king, then move it 2 squares toward the rook.

Agreed. That would solve the problem.

If you keep clicking pieces then you'll likely make all kinds of 'accidental' moves.  I have certainly never accidentally castled in my life.  I've mouse-slipped plenty of moves, but accidentally castling requires a talent for disaster I just haven't mastered yet.

Ok, mr perfect, maybe I'm the only one at this site who ever manage to make accidental castling then.

Accidental castling? Maybe accidental normal chess move!

If you don't know what I mean, you haven't experienced it. I was hoping for som answers here from someone who understood the situation, though I don't understand it myself, even though I experience it too often. It's all about clicking the rook to move it, but the machine making a forced castling I never asked for or considered.

I have never experienced it. I have accidentally moved my King to f1 instead of castling. Castling involves a King move, so I'm not sure how it would happen if you just moved the Rook. Strange.

I don´t understand it either, that's the problem. I guess it must be my mistake, but it feels like a bug. I'm playing on an iMac; just for the information; in case what platform you use could have anything to do with the working of the program.

I got so frustrated yesterday after yet another accidental castle that I thought, "Wait a second, maybe the lichess app has an option in settings that fixes the problem." It turns out they do! So i will play there. To my fellow chess.com accidental castlers, you are welcome.

you do realize this topic is over 2 years old? 

Does it matter? This issue is relevant today as it was then. This happens to me all the time in bullet because this garbage website refuses to put a drag only option for moving pieces. 

there's nothing we can do about it clicking king then rook to castle is cancer