double-click for system window
Simon Michael
simon at joyful.com
Tue Dec 9 16:53:21 UTC 2003
This weekend I tried to implement something I've wanted for a long time,
double-click to collapse and expand system windows. Anybody done this
already ?
I got it basically working and then found DoubleClickExample (thanks for
that). I find it increases usability quite a bit.
What I'm doing right now is calling waitForClickThingy in
SystemWindow>>mouseDown:, then doubleClick: does collapseOrExpand.
I don't activate the window in mouseDown: any more, instead this happens
in click:, startDrag:, or in doubleClick: if we are expanding.
Problem: on my slow P266, calling activate in click: tends to prevent
the following click from being recognized as a doubleClick:. Curiously
this happens about 10% of the time in my latest bells-and-whistles image
but about 90% of the time in an earlier cleaner version. If I remove the
activate from click:, double-click always works.
Squeak tends to lose events on this system, but in this case I'm
guessing the cause is simple: activate is slow and delays the second
click until after the double-click interval has passed. I'd try
increasing it just to test this but can't remember how. Also I can't
explain the difference on the clean image.
Any ideas or suggestions ?
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