Re: a11y module proposal: MouseTweaks (i.e.: software click)

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 17:27 +0200, Francesco Fumanti wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> 
> After informally proposing onboard and mousetweaks for integration into GNOME on the gnome accessibility mailing list, here is a somewhat more formal request for the integration of MouseTweaks into GNOME: 
> 
> 
> 1. Purpose: MouseTweaks is a set of special accessibility enhancements to controlling the mouse cursor. It provides: 
>   * a pointer capture area
>   * a way to open the contextual menu with a left click and hold
>   * a way to perform the various clicks (single -, double -, drag -, right click) by software without any hardware button, usually called dwelling. 
> Particularly, this would fill the current accessibility gap in GNOME for users who can move the pointer, but are not able click with any hardware button. 

I'd much prefer to see these things integrated into current control
panels, such as the Mouse control panel. And maybe in the accessibility
control panel if that plans to show accessibility options all together
in one place.

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