Window Frames Part III
Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus
schwa at cc.gatech.edu
Wed Aug 1 00:56:51 UTC 2001
On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 04:29:04PM -0500, Lex Spoon wrote:
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> >>> Alternatively, I suggest to drop the icon altogether and bring up the menu when you do a right (that's what confuses *me*, those colored buttons) click on the frame (like a context menu in windows).<<<
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> I agree--within morphic, we already have context menus and halos. Let's
> use those, instead of having menu icons and menu bars. They're better,
> anyway.
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> While we're at it, let's get rid of resize handles, too. I have trouble
> clicking them when I want, yet I seem to click them all the time when I
> don't mean to. Instead, I'd rather a SystemWindow's panes are real
> morphs. Then, I can resize a SW pane the same way I'd resize any other
> morph: blue-click then use the yellow handle.
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> BTW, on Linux blue-click is right-click, on Windows it is middle-click,
> and on Macs it is apple-click. That's why people say "blue-click"
> instead of "middle-click". Also, many lefty's reverse their mouse
> button orders, anyway....
The Windows VM now allows you to select whether you have a 1, 2, or 3
button mouse. You just have to press F2 to bring up the menu. (if that
doesn't work, try other F-keys in the vicinity; I'm in Linux right now).
Joshua
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> -Lex
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