On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Martin <laza...@mfriebe.de> wrote: > On 12/08/2011 08:38, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have a suggestion to the Alt key for column section. Currently it >> doesn't work at all on Linux and probably *BSD too. The problem is two >> fold. >> >> 1) This is because the Alt+Click+Drag is already used by X11 to move >> windows around (without doing in from the title bar). >> >> 2) Even though the description of that feature says Alt key, Lazarus >> actually means "Left Alt" key only. >> >> What if Lazarus changes that option to use the Right Alt key instead. >> Currently this is not used by X11, and seeing that Lazarus seem to >> differentiate between Left Alt and Right Alt anyway, this could be a >> solution that could work on all platforms? >> > I haven't checked it under Linux. But on windows, the right alt key, simply > translate into ctrl-alt. You can test it using shift-alt and cursor keys for > selection > > That means on windows, using the mouse I can use either alt key (because > ctrl+alt does not activate the mouse links) > > --
Adding support for ssAltGr is as simple as adding in lcl\forms.pp, line 1764: + if GetKeyState(VK_RMENU) < 0 then Include(Result, ssAltGr); Should we also support an independent left Alt state and leave ssAlt to mean any Alt? What about the other keys? Best regards, Flávio -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
