On 10/15/2011 09:40 PM, Keith Refson wrote: > Dear Jmol users, > > I have had a problem with the menu mouse interactions with Jmol started > as a standalone java application under linux, over many versions on > linux and of Java. (Currently Sun Java 1.6.0.26). This occurs under all > versions of Mandriva linux as well as Mageia 1. > > Briefly, invoking the main menu from a right-mouse click, puts the > model into a "rotation" mode, so any subsequent mouse movement rotates > the model. In detail > > 1. click and release right mouse button > > a. pop-up menu appears > b. The cursor changes from an arrow to an arrowed cross. > > 2. move mouse so it is not over menu > > The model rotates, following the mouse action. > > 3. Select and click to act on any menu item, releasing > button. > > a. The menu is dismissed > > b. Arrowed-cross cursor remains > > c. Model still rotates following mouse action. > > 4. Left-click mouse button > > a. Cursor changes back to arrow > b. Mouse motion does not rotate model > > In consequence it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to use any main menu action while > keeping the model in the same orientation. > > Do other linux users see this behaviour, or is is something specific to > my setup? > I don't observe this with Jmol 12.2.2 on OpenSuse 11.4 with Sun Java 1.6.0_26 and Firefox 7.0. (preliminary!)
But after I wrote this I wanted to confirm this also for Jmol 11.6.8 (which we are using productively). There was no problem. But after I went back to 12.2.2 the problem Keith described also occured on my system, but slightly different. Before I describe the details I should explain my monitor setup (because it is involved in the difference between my Jmol 12.2.2 uses): two monitors defined as single 2560x1024 pixel screen without any multiple monitor virtual desptop support enabled within KDE) and the browser window was placed totally on the right monitor. Details: 1) The popup menu appeared on the left monitor outside the browser window (ending at the right border) and no unwanted rotation occured. 2) The popup menu appeared on the right monitor inside the applet and unwanted rotation occured. But compared to Keith description the mouse cursor only changes to the arrowed cross outside the menu, not while the mouse cursor is within the menu. 3) After moving the browser window to the left monitor it was similar to 1): the popup menu appeared on the right monitor outside the browser window (starting at the left border) and no unwanted rotation occured. 4) Moving the browser back to the right monitor restored behaviour of case 2. Doing the same with Jmol 11.6.8 didn't result in any unwanted rotation. On the right monitor the popup menu appeared within the applet. On the left monitor the popup menu appeared on the right monitor. Regards, Rolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
