>> On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 16:42 +0200, Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> we have the grab key on the keyboard which, when pressed, should >>> activate the scrolling mode. It should work like this: >>> >>> 1 The user press the grab key on the keyboard. >>> 2 The scrollbars of the current view are highlighted. >>> 3 Movements on the trackpad (both resistive and not resistive) >>> scrolls >>> the view. The mouse pointer is "locked" and does not change position. I couldn't find any discussion about the origin of the grab key anywhere. I'm asking here as no-one knew on IRC and there was interest from others on the topic.
What advantage does one or more grab keys have over something like two-finger trackpad scrolling a'la Apple laptops? One reason suggested was that the existing trackpads may not support two-finger operation, is this the case? From a personal experience point of view: there were utilities for older Apple laptops that turned "enter" or "function" keys into a similar key to enable trackpad scrolling before the more recent models supported the two-finger style. The latter--to me--is a much more elegant solution. (Two-finger scroll would also enable us to rename the grab key the "high five" key and use it for something else. :-) ) --Phil. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
