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Re: OS/2 Wishlist - First Edition

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From: Helge Hafting
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 19:15
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1. It should be possible to pick up an icon (or other stuff for dragging)
immediately, as opposed to the present situation.

When I press mouse button 2, nothing happens.  I have to move the mouse at least
5 pixels before the icon is picked up and start moving with the pointer.
This is very annoying, I often pick up stuff before I decide where to
move it, and if the cursor slides off the icon before these 5 pixels,
no movement happens.  This makes it difficult to position icons
precisely.  An icons is protected from accidental movement as it cannot
be dropped onto itself.  This is fine.  This also means that I have to
grab the icon near the edge when I want to move it a few pixels only.  But
the mouse has to move 5 pixels before it pick the icon up, and may end
up outside the icon.  The icon should be picked up when I press button 2
over it, no movement should be necessary at all.

2. It should be possible to move the mouse pointer by using the keyboard.
Something like ctrl+shift+alt+arrow keys could be used.  Several
shareware programs (and the install routine...) don't support the keyboard
properly.

3. Mouse button 3 is "undefined".   Give those of us that have it a
possibility to configure it to do something useful/timesaving.
I would like to have a single-click on button 3 act like a double-click
with button 1.  This is because I hate the double-click concept.  It would
be useful for handicapped people too.  Others may have other
preferences, so it should be configurable.  Possible event-types for button 3:

1. Button 1 double-click event.
   What I want
2. Button 2 event 
   I.e. buttons 1 and 2 work like one big button
3. Keyboard focus event, and nothing more.
   This would allow us to give focus to an edit window without positioning 
   the cursor at the same time.
4. Destroy window event, for quick killing
5. Bring window to surface/push it behind other windows
6. A keyboard event, i.e. one or more characters are sent to the application.
7. There are probably many more useful events...

Button 1 & 2 could also be configurable, but with their present actions
as default.  Same goes for combinations of buttons, shifted buttons etc.

The mouse setup should be specific for each mouse driver, there are mice with
4 or more buttons too...
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From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 Wishlist - First Edition
Date: 17 Jan 1994 19:15:47 GMT
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