Re: Pan by holding down scroll button already works (Was: Zoom patch)

["Phillip Neiswanger" <sigsegv0 gmail com>]

On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:48:18 -0600, Christian RidderstrÃm  
<christian ridderstrom gmail com> wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
>
> > But about the second, here's what Gnome has to say about the middle
> > button/wheel, from the same link:
> >
> >  "Your application uses the middle button to paste the current
> >   PRIMARY (usually the last-highlighted) selection at the pointer
> >   position. (snipped a table about modifier keys). If you do intend
> >   to use the middle button for a different purpose somewhere,
> >   only do so as a shortcut for experienced users, and only for
> >   operations that can also be performed without using the right
> >   button or middle button."
>
> Does PRIMARY pasting work in Dia?  I just tried the following:
> * Select an object
> * Click the scroll wheel
>
> If I do a click, nothing happens. However, if I click and move the mouse,
> the windows pans :-) :-)
>
> So regarding 'pan', I'm pleased to say that:
>
>         It's ALREADY possible to pan by clicking the scroll wheel and
>         dragging the mouse. :-) :-)
>
> I'm saying this in case others weren't aware that you can pan in dia in
> this way.
>
> Now I only wish that it will be possible to adjust the behaviour of the
> scroll wheel (so that the scroll wheels zooms instead of pans  
> vertically).

This tells me the scroll wheel is the middle button and with my patch  
applied you would be able to zoom.
--
phil