[squeak-dev] Any window menu - send to back

mail at jaromir.net mail at jaromir.net
Sat Feb 5 19:44:19 UTC 2022


Hi Marcel,

understood... thanks for the explanation :)

best, 
Jaromir
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On 2022-02-05T20:19:19+01:00, marcel.taeumel at hpi.de wrote:

> Hi all --
> 
> -1 (to that move menu/cursor idea to pre-select anything)
> 
> Menu items in Squeak can be invoked by mouse-down (i.e. menu pop up), mouse-move (i.e. item select), and mouse-up (i.e. item activate). Moving the menu in a way to pre-select an item would be a bad idea. Then we would need to deactivate that workflow I just described, which would add an extra click for menu invocation. Therefore, the menu must not be opened underneath the mouse cursor to avoid that extra mouse-up/mouse-down while interactive with the menu.
> 
> Best,
> Marcel
> Am 04.02.2022 16:05:17 schrieb mail at jaromir.net <mail at jaromir.net>:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> On 2022-02-03T21:28:55-06:00, asqueaker at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jaromir,
> >
> > That is a _cool idea_ about the menu positioning, thereby effectively
> > turning it into a "double-click" gesture on that button to minimize, or
> > single click for more options. :) Very cool, that should even take
> > priority over ensuring the menu is on-screen. So, "change title..." should
> > then move to the 3rd position, which is fine! [send to back] is very
> > useful. +1
> 
> Unfortunately I have zero Morphic experience to do it myself. Reordering the menu is easy but I have no idea how to position the cursor. Especially close to the bottom... the menu shifts upwards :)
> 
> >
> > BTW, just in case you weren't aware, there's a hot-key for send to back as
> > well: Cmd+\
> > while, Cmd+/ will bring a background window to the front.
> 
> Cool, thanks, I wasn't aware :)
> 
> >
> > Best,
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 12:24 PM wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I wonder if you share the same experience: 99% of my uses of the window
> > > menu (top right, blue triangle) is to send a window to the back - would it
> > > be reasonable to make it the first item on the menu? Or even point the
> > > cursor inside the first item so that effectively a doubleclick on the blue
> > > triangle sends the window to the back?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > best,
> > > Jaromir
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