In acme, button-3 can cancel a button-2 execute. Say you button-2-sweep a command, but then decide, err, no, don't want to do that, you chord-click button-3 to cancel the execution. Not sure about other ways of doing this.
Robby On 21 July 2014 14:08, dante <subscripti...@posteo.eu> wrote: > Dear 9fans, > > Is there any situation (i.e., GUI area) where both the 2nd *and* the 3rd > mouse button are indispensable options? > Except for chording. > > Would it be possible to create the option of merging these two buttons for > machines not blessed with the traditional rodent? > > I ask this because 3-button-mice (*not* 2-button-and-wheel) are almost > impossible to find nowadays. > Moreover, many notebooks have good touchpads to be used in situations when > mice are impractical (on train, on the lap). > These interfaces present pretty nice solutions for button-1 and button-3, > but it's hard to impossible to do a button-2 click. > > In Acme, for instance, you generally need button-3 in the text area and > button-2 in the menu area. > I'm not sure when button-2 in the text area and button-3 in the menu area > would be indispensable. > In Rio, you generally need button-3 when you click outside the focused > window and button-2 when you click inside the focused window. > > Cheers, > Dante > > >
