[Usability]Re: Right Click the same as Ctrl+LeftClick??? [Re: Commit: Dragging images around works (sort-of) (fwd)]

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:52:56PM +0000, Alan Horkan wrote:
> 
> I dont much like crossposting but i am going to do it anyway.  (probably
> more a usability HIG thing than desktop devel but anyway...)
> 
> should right click be the same as ctrl + left click?
> 
> From experience on the Mac it seems to be.  (i need to check this further,
> especially with MSword for Mac as i am looking at this from an Abiword
> point of view).

This would be a problem in gnumeric for excel compatibility.  We use
ctrl-left to add a discontinuous selection, where right brings up a
context menu.  What does XL do on the mac ?