| Re: Button (etc.) events [message #3683] |
Fri, 03 March 1995 10:35  |
thompson
Messages: 584
Registered: August 1991
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sterner@strdev.jhuapl.edu (Ray Sterner) writes:
> sjt@xuna.sr.bham.ac.uk (James Tappin) writes:
> . . .
>> At present buttons return an event only for the left mouse button. I
>> would like to be able to return events from all buttons (with an
>> EVENT.BUTTON field to identify which button was used) so that it would be
>> possible (say) to have an arrangement where LEFT BUTTON = do action,
>> RIGHT BUTTON = display help text.
> . . .
>> How do other users feel about this? Should we lean on RSI?
> I like the idea. However, it would cause portability problems for
> computers with mice with button deficit disorder. I like mice with
> lots of buttons, the more the better.
> Ray Sterner sterner@tesla.jhuapl.edu
> The Johns Hopkins University North latitude 39.16 degrees.
> Applied Physics Laboratory West longitude 76.90 degrees.
> Laurel, MD 20723-6099
> WWW Home page: ftp://fermi.jhuapl.edu/www/s1r/people/res/res.html
This shouldn't be a problem with PCs. One can emulate the middle button by
pressing the left and right button simultaneously. We already have software
that uses three mouse buttons in graphics windows, so there shouldn't be any
complaint about extending that concept to widgets.
Can one buy a multi-button mouse for a Mac? Even if not, there ought to be a
way to emulate a three-button mouse through pull-down menus. If MacOS doesn't
provide this capability, then IDL could provide it itself. As stated before,
this capability is needed for other IDL software.
Bill Thompson
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| Re: Button (etc.) events [message #3710 is a reply to message #3683] |
Fri, 03 March 1995 15:29  |
patterso
Messages: 36
Registered: February 1995
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William Thompson (thompson@orpheus.nascom.nasa.gov) wrote:
: sterner@strdev.jhuapl.edu (Ray Sterner) writes:
: This shouldn't be a problem with PCs. One can emulate the middle button by
: pressing the left and right button simultaneously. We already have software
: that uses three mouse buttons in graphics windows, so there shouldn't be any
: complaint about extending that concept to widgets.
: Can one buy a multi-button mouse for a Mac? Even if not, there ought to be a
: way to emulate a three-button mouse through pull-down menus. If MacOS doesn't
: provide this capability, then IDL could provide it itself. As stated before,
: this capability is needed for other IDL software.
: Bill Thompson
Couldn't we just use the "apple" buttons to have mouse button, MB+left apple,
MB+right apple - that gives 3 buttons. Could extend this even further :)
My Sun keyboard would give me about 150 button choices :)
Tim
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| Re: Button (etc.) events [message #3732 is a reply to message #3684] |
Tue, 28 February 1995 09:10 |
sterner
Messages: 106
Registered: February 1991
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sjt@xuna.sr.bham.ac.uk (James Tappin) writes:
. . .
> At present buttons return an event only for the left mouse button. I
> would like to be able to return events from all buttons (with an
> EVENT.BUTTON field to identify which button was used) so that it would be
> possible (say) to have an arrangement where LEFT BUTTON = do action,
> RIGHT BUTTON = display help text.
. . .
> How do other users feel about this? Should we lean on RSI?
I like the idea. However, it would cause portability problems for
computers with mice with button deficit disorder. I like mice with
lots of buttons, the more the better.
Ray Sterner sterner@tesla.jhuapl.edu
The Johns Hopkins University North latitude 39.16 degrees.
Applied Physics Laboratory West longitude 76.90 degrees.
Laurel, MD 20723-6099
WWW Home page: ftp://fermi.jhuapl.edu/www/s1r/people/res/res.html
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