I always tell my students to remember the 'word' RYB (red/yellow/blue) 
even though it doesn't mean anything, and it seems to work. 

I think that the current naming is acceptable and changing it might be 
confusing, but the proposed selectionButton, operateButton, 
windowButton would make sense - again assuming that the user is 
familiar with the use of the buttons.

Ivan


> On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Robert M. Fuhrer wrote:
> 
> > Is anyone else bothered by the apparently arbitrary use of
> > "red/yellow/blue" to identify the mouse buttons in the source?
> 
> Not me. I always liked it because it's always determined what is
> meant. Left/middle/right is wrong if you switch to lefthand settings. 
> Button 1/2/3 aren't that that good because often they're mapped 1/3/2
> so that button #2 is always the rightmost button.
> Primary/secondary/tertiary click describes the intention best (imho)
> but it can easily be confused with the button # thing above. 
> 
> > I never remember which is which.
> 
> Thats easy - get some permanent markers and colorize your mouse :-)
> Also, since changeset 1490 it's documented in #redButtonPressed etc.
> 
> > So, is this an anachronism we can live without?
> 
> Only if someone offers a significantly better naming scheme. 
> 
>   /bert
> 



Dr. Ivan Tomek, 
Jodrey School of Computer Science
Acadia University
Nova Scotia, Canada
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