Thank you, Brutuses and Dixiedoodle. I thought I had exhausted all the possibilities of details, Dixiedoodle, and then the construction supervisor came up with this one. Honestly, this is something I had ever noticed on any door before in my life. I'm so burnt out on making decisions when I don't know anything about the subject in question. This was just one more that I couldn't even begin to imagine the pros and cons that should be considered. Since I tend to like symmetry my off hand answer would have been centered. The one sure thing I've learned in this new build is never to give an off hand answer on something I know nothing about. Thanks again for the insight.

Hi there, I'm looking for something a bit more unique that a typical door knob set for these 8' tall french doors. These doors push open into the office and have a ball latch up top. The left door will have slide locks that go into the upper door jamb and into the floor. I want the right door to latch to the left door and to have a privacy lock so guests can pull curtains across the doors and sleep on the pull out couch. I also want to be able to lock/unlock from the hall so I can keep my kids out of there. I'm wondering if there is a barn door type pull handle that unlatches when you pull it back. Instead of turning a regular knob, you'd pull back on a handle that looks like this that would unlatch the door: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Sure-Loc-Hardware-9in-Flat-Black-Sliding-Door-Modern-Double-Sided-Square-Barn-Door-Handle-BARN-SQ2-FBL/309899755 If you think you have a better idea I'd like to hear them as well! I'm just not wanting to have regular-sized door knobs on these french doors like you can see on the closet door in this same photo. They just need to be bronze or black. I haven't drilled any holes yet in the doors so now is a perfect time to do something more unique!

Well what is your style , to be honest i would look get the one that does the best job since IMO your style has little to do with a gate lock

thank you for the response. Photos are attached - hope I have attached what you need. I did take the metal piece out of the middle and reversed it - but it did not make a difference (the outside knob still retracts the latch, but the inside knob just spins without retracting). Although this is the exterior door, it does not have a lock/key (the only lock is the deadbolt).