https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=378484
Bug ID: 378484
Summary: Popup Palette usability issues of unwanted right-click
selecting & holding-releasing right-click actions
Product: krita
Version: 3.1.3-alpha
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: usability
Assignee: krita-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: tyson...@mail.com
Target Milestone: ---
In Krita 3.1.x and older, Popup palette has a few usability issues that cause
unwanted actions:
1) Right-click can pick color and select brush presets.
As Krita 3.1.x's current design, when the cursor is above the popup palette,
another right click selects something on the palette before closing it down.
This is bad because: Right click is associated with BRINGING UP the popup
palette -- we expect another right-click to be associated with CLOSING DOWN the
palette. We normally don't pay attention to the cursor position when we close
the palette, so it is very easy to select unwanted colors and brush presets
accidentally, breaking the flow.
2) Holding Right-click and release automatically selects brush preset and close
popup palette.
Holding right click over canvas can bring up popup palette. Keep holding it and
move the cursor over a brush preset icon and release, the preset will be
selected and the palette close down immediately. This aggravates the problem of
(1). What's more, releasing the right button over the palette's color picker
doesn't do anything, an inconsistency of UI interaction.
Allowing holding-key command is usually a bad idea because mouse and stylus
does not work the same:
A) A mouse runs on a solid surface, which means a CLICK can be done in a clean
and reliable way.
B) A stylus is supported by soft flesh. When the force over a barrel button is
lifted, the bouncing back flesh keeps the button activated for a longer period.
We cannot predict when the clicking mechanism is bring released. In this case,
many (EXPECTED) CLICKS are recognized as HOLDING by the system. That's why it's
very difficult to use a 1-button in-line remote control of a headset to perform
NEXT (2-clicks) and BACK (3-clicks).
Therefore, we should always consider that on a stylus, CLICKS and HOLDING
cannot be executed in a reliable way and they always mix with each other.
The issues above cause too many unwanted changes of color and brush and
confusion in Krita. Therefore I suggest:
A) Do not allow right click to select popup palette items.
B) Do not auto-select-and-close when a holding-right-click is released, keep
the popup palette up so we can have time to look, think, select.
C) Treat all holding right-clicks as 1 normal right-click. Do not assign
different functions to right-click and holding-right-click.
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