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

[Gerd Kohlberger <lowfi chello at>]

Murray Cumming wrote:
> 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.
> 

Hi,

I'm not sure if all mousetweaks options fit into gnome-mouse-properties. The problem is that the
current configuration dialog already has 3 tabs and there will likely be more options once we add
the single-click feature (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Specs/MouseTweaks/mousetweak5).

It might be better to retain the current standalone dialog and rework it to match the look&feel of
gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties.

I suggest the following:
 * Rename mousetweaks-preferences to gnome-accessibility-mouse-preferences and rework the gui.
 * Maybe put a launcher 'Mouse Accessibilty' in System->Preferences->Universal Access
 * Provide a patch for gnome-at-properties which adds a button 'Mouse Accessibility' in the
   Preferences Section to launch the dialog.

This would complement the existing gnome keyboard features with a mouse counterpart.

Gerd