Re: [Usability] Query Drag - right instead of middle Click

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 25 Jul 2008, at 16:25, Andy Owen wrote:

> Is there a Windows or OSX equivalent? Can anyone test to see what they
> do? (I'll try to remember to test on my Windows machine at work on
> Monday).

Windows does query-drag on the right button, but (as one of the  
comments in the bug report alludes to) they do this by waiting for the  
mouse-up event to decide whether a query-drag has happened or (if not)  
the context menu should be shown.  I've never found this a major  
distraction personally, but it's certainly an inconsistency compared  
to how regular menus work (shown immediately on the mouse-down event).

There's no real equivalent on OS X.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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