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- From: walra%moacs11@nl.net (Waldi Ravens)
- Subject: Re: Buttons Buttons Buttons
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 13:24:28 +0100
- Precedence: bulk
-
- In <9407140309.AA27045@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, Warwick Allison wrote:
-
- > This existed as an undocumented `feature' for a long time.
- > Do people seriously USE this?
-
- Yes, I do. As you have pointed out, it is a pain to be forced to top a
- window before being able to access it. IMO the `click-left-while-holding-
- right-button' is extremely user-unfriendly too. Alas, this is the method
- supported by my GEM-shell (Gemini) and a couple of other applications. I
- would prefer something else, but don't have much of a choice at the
- moment.
-
- > 1.
- > Left click:
- > IF window on top OR window is toolbox OR right-button-held
- > THEN click
- > ELSE top window
- > Right click:
- > Ignored. (has to be - otherwise how does the user hold it
- > down before left-clicking!)
- >
- > or 2.
- > Left click:
- > IF click on something in window
- > THEN click
- > ELSE top window
- > Right click:
- > Anything else.
- >
- >
- > IMO, (2) is FAR better than (1).
-
- I agree. It's more intuitive. It works the same when clicking desktop
- objects, which belong to the GEM-shell, while the top window belongs
- to some other application.
-
-
- Regards,
- Waldi (walra%moacs11@nl.net)
-