RE: Mouse actions

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

Ok, had one more idea to add to my prev. idea.

have different mouse cursors for each mode. Since it is configureable and
you might move to a different computer, you might not know what it is set
to, so you can quick test it by draging something with the middle button and
pressing lets say alt. Then the mouse cursor changes to whatever alt is
associated with.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Fox, Kevin M [SMTP:KMFox@mail.bhi-erc.com]
> Sent:	Friday, March 05, 1999 3:36 PM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	RE: Mouse actions
> 
> I like the idea of key board stuff. Hmm... maby a combination of the 2
> ideas.
> 
> left button does menu
> middle button is configurable
> right button is the context menu
> 
> The middle button is configurable through a D&D menu with radio buttons
> for
> COPY
> MOVE
> LINK
> 
> There also a menu or capplet for key excelerators 
>       ALT  SHIFT  CTL
> copy   X     0     0
> move   0     X     0
> link   0     0     X
> 
> So if you hold down alt when middle draging it forces copy, if you hold
> down
> shift durring the drag it moves, or whatever you have configured.
> 
> I agree with the simple rules. In windows, I allways use right drag
> because
> it propmts me. I can never be shure what it is doing with the left drag.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	famrom@idecnet.com [SMTP:famrom@idecnet.com]
> > Sent:	Friday, March 05, 1999 3:27 PM
> > To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> > Subject:	Mouse actions
> > 
> > What about:
> > - one button always shows a menu.
> > - the other is configurable via control panel.
> > - the third is the context menu.
> > You can choose which button does what and which keys to modify.
> > 
> > So it will look (here showing my proposed defaults):
> > 
> > Link, move & copy via mouse:
> > - Assign tasks to buttons:
> >                  1 2 3
> >   LMC menu       X O O
> >   Fast action    O X O    _ Left handed (-> 3 2 1)
> >   Context menu   O O X
> > - The fast action button does:
> >         Alone +Shift  +Ctrl
> >   Link    X      O      O
> >   Move    O      X      O
> >   Copy    O      O      X
> > 
> > Power user will be able to set whatever they want, normal users will get
> a
> > consistent design. Btw: the left handed swaps buttons 1 and 3 in the
> > header
> > and the contents of the columns (it just mirrors the form).
> > 
> > Using rules like "if removable media" or "if binary" will just only lead
> > to
> > confusion.
> > 
> > Lets the user learn that to move, this, to copy, that, and to link, the
> > other. No strange rules. Simple rules. Always, everywhere.
> > 
> > GSR
> >  
> > 
> > 
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