Re: [9fans] The Third Button

[Nicolas Bercher]

On 21/07/2014 17:35, Brian L. Stuart wrote:

Would it be possible to create the option of merging these two buttons
for machines not blessed with the traditional rodent?


If you hold down the right shift key while pressing the right
button, it interpretes that as a middle button press.  I'm not
completely certain, but I seem to remember it has to be the
right shift key and not the left.  The one machine where I
use that is a laptop and I've gotten into the habit of holding
the shift key with my pinky and hitting the right button below
the touchpad with my thumb.  Still not as nice as a real
middle button, but it serves in a pinch.

BLS


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Nicolas

Re: [9fans] The Third Button

[Brian L. Stuart]

 Would it be possible to create the option of merging these two buttons 
 for machines not blessed with the traditional rodent?

If you hold down the right shift key while pressing the right
button, it interpretes that as a middle button press.  I'm not
completely certain, but I seem to remember it has to be the
right shift key and not the left.  The one machine where I
use that is a laptop and I've gotten into the habit of holding
the shift key with my pinky and hitting the right button below
the touchpad with my thumb.  Still not as nice as a real
middle button, but it serves in a pinch.

BLS

[9fans] The Third Button

[dante]

Dear 9fans,

Is there any situation (i.e., GUI area) where both the 2nd *and* the 
3rd mouse button are indispensable options?

Except for chording.

Would it be possible to create the option of merging these two buttons 
for machines not blessed with the traditional rodent?


I ask this because 3-button-mice (*not* 2-button-and-wheel) are almost 
impossible to find nowadays.
Moreover, many notebooks have good touchpads to be used in situations 
when mice are impractical (on train, on the lap).
These interfaces present pretty nice solutions for button-1 and 
button-3, but it's hard to impossible to do a button-2 click.


In Acme, for instance, you generally need button-3 in the text area and 
button-2 in the menu area.
I'm not sure when button-2 in the text area and button-3 in the menu 
area would be indispensable.
In Rio, you generally need button-3 when you click outside the focused 
window and button-2 when you click inside the focused window.


Cheers,
Dante

Re: [9fans] The Third Button

[Robert Raschke]

In acme, button-3 can cancel a button-2 execute. Say you button-2-sweep a
command, but then decide, err, no, don't want to do that, you chord-click
button-3 to cancel the execution. Not sure about other ways of doing this.


Robby


On 21 July 2014 14:08, dante subscripti...@posteo.eu wrote:

 Dear 9fans,

 Is there any situation (i.e., GUI area) where both the 2nd *and* the 3rd
 mouse button are indispensable options?
 Except for chording.

 Would it be possible to create the option of merging these two buttons for
 machines not blessed with the traditional rodent?

 I ask this because 3-button-mice (*not* 2-button-and-wheel) are almost
 impossible to find nowadays.
 Moreover, many notebooks have good touchpads to be used in situations when
 mice are impractical (on train, on the lap).
 These interfaces present pretty nice solutions for button-1 and button-3,
 but it's hard to impossible to do a button-2 click.

 In Acme, for instance, you generally need button-3 in the text area and
 button-2 in the menu area.
 I'm not sure when button-2 in the text area and button-3 in the menu area
 would be indispensable.
 In Rio, you generally need button-3 when you click outside the focused
 window and button-2 when you click inside the focused window.

 Cheers,
 Dante

Re: [9fans] The Third Button

[cam]

with drawterm on osx, button 2 click is option+click, button 3
is command+click.  

in qemu, button 2 is shift+command+click and button 3 is
command+click.

on pc's with ps/2 two button mice, i believe shift+click is 
button 2.

if you are using something different, try various combinations
of modifier keys and clicking.  

Re: [9fans] The Third Button

[cam]

i forgot to mention: alternately, kbmap(3) is supposed to
let you use function keys as mouse buttons.