[Optimoz] click twice with same mouse button

[Gonzalo HIGUERA DÍAZ]

2006-01-06 13:04 +0100, Aner Gusic <aner at lysator.liu.se>:
> * Jens Bannmann <jens.b at web.de>:
>
> > No, because "rocker"/click-gestures are limited to gestures where the
> > first button is held down. Besides, the way you describe the function
>
> Ah, I see.
>
> > would make it really difficult to find out whether the user wants the
> > context menu...
>
> Not really.  Menu should appear if Xms has passed since last right
> button release (without another click), or if the user moves the
> mouse.  This means that the mouse must be completly still to to this
> gesture.

For curiosity's sake, can't the API differentiate in an exclusive way
between a single and a double click? I can imagine that if double
clicking was set to a very long interval this could lead to an
unacceptable wait for the context menu to show up. However, asides
from the aesthetics of having the context menu show up, I cannot
imagine it being difficult to react to a double click.

On a personal note, I would not integrate such a behaviour into Mouse
Gestures, since it would interfere with double clicking on text to
select a  word if gestures were triggered by the left mouse button. If
only bound to the right mouse button there is still the context menu
to deal with.


> This is an old gesture that netscape 4 supported (via an obscure
> Xresources setting).  It is by far the fastest way to go back, once
> you learn to keep your hand stable while double-clicking right mouse
> button.
>
> But, if it isn't supported I'll simply have to accept the next best
> thing - right button, left drag gesture.

I feel obliged to ask whether you have tried using rocker gestures. I
cannot get myself to give them a second place when moving forwards or
backwards, let alone to place them behind a gesture requiring
movement. If only Mozilla/Firefox behaved well enough to let them
behave Opera-like (i.e. leave the bu

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Gonzalo HIGUERA DÍAZ <gonhidi at gmail.com>