On 12/16/2009 10:23 AM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Thomas Mortagne > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 08:30, Marius Dumitru Florea >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi devs, >>> >>> Currently we have this behavior: >>> >>> * simple click to select a macro >>> * simple click to toggle between collapsed and expanded state of a >>> previously selected macro >>> * double click to edit the macro properties >>> >>> The problem is that the double click event consists, as its name >>> suggests, in two consecutive click events. As a consequence, when you >>> double click to edit a macro you also toggle its visibility state. >>> Besides being annoying, this can lead sometimes to an unexpected result: >>> >>> -----<details> ----- >>> I inserted a really long code macro (paste an entire Java source file). >>> and them selected the macro and double clicked somewhere in the middle >>> to edit its properties. This is what happened: >>> >>> * The first click event collapsed the macro >>> * The second click event was not fired on the macro but on document >>> body, because after the macro collapsed the place where I clicked was in >>> the middle of nowhere. As a result the macro was unselected. >>> * the (logical) double click event was still fired on the macro (I guess >>> because the target of the first click was the macro container) and thus >>> the edit macro dialog opened >>> * I changed the macro properties and closed the dialog. As a result the >>> macro was duplicated. The edit dialog should have replaced the selected >>> macro but there was no selected macro.. >>> -----</details> ----- >>> >>> Therefore I propose to use a modifier key with click to collapse/expand >>> a macro. I'm not sure which modifier key is the best. I think we should >>> choose between Alt and Meta. The behavior would become: >>> >>> * simple click to select a macro >>> * [Alt or Meta] + simple click to toggle the collapsed and expanded state >>> * double click to edit >>> >>> I'm +1 for Alt key. >>> >>> WDYT? >> >> What about having to click in a specific area like a +/- in the top >> left corner to toggle the collapsed and expanded state ? This sounds >> a lot easier and natural for a user, most of users will never remember >> how to do it if it's " [Alt or Meta] + simple click". >> > > Yes, that's what I was thinking about too. A "minimize" button at the top > right of the macro displayer would be better. > > Guillaume
The same from me. I configured my system so that Meta+Click drags the window, so it never reaches the browser, although the default was Alt+Click. So any KDE users won't be able to use this feature. -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
