On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 12:10 PM Igor Korot <ikoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, Paul, > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 12:03 PM Paul Davis <p...@linuxaudiosystems.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:49 AM Igor Korot via gtk-list > > <gtk-list@gnome.org> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Why do we even talking about button number, when the doc explicitly said > >> "right-click", which implies "right mouse button". > > > > > > X Window (at the very least) allows buttons to be remapped. Button #1 is > > typically the left mouse button, but a user may remap them (eg. left-handed > > people with a strong preference for using the mouse in their left hand). > > "left" and "right" buttons normally have a semantic meaning (e.g. "the > > button normally used for clicking on things" vs "the button used for > > context menus etc.") and you cannot hard code these on X Window. More > > precisely, if you do hard code them, you disenfranchise a set of users who > > remap their mouse buttons. > > Are you saying that if I map the left mouse button to be the right one > and click on it, I will not get that signal? > > As far as the user code is concerned, the button I press to get the > context menu shouldn't matter, because this a low-level signal. > All the user code should be aware is - did I click the action button > or context menu one. Why do I need to care which is which?
Moreover - why user should care where the signal comes from - mouse or keyboard? I just need a proper place to display the context menu and make sure I can either dismiss it or get the proper action. Am I missing something? Thank you. > > Could you give me a scenario? > > Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
