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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: stopping the kicker buttons moving
From:       m_elter () t-online ! de (Matthias Elter)
Date:       2000-03-13 7:15:06
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Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Matthias Elter wrote:
> 
> > Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Is there a reason why kicker buttons with inMove()==true don't stop moving
> > > on mouseReleaseEvent()? As it is now, user has to release the button and
> > > the click again to stop the button move.
> >
> > I thought it was easier to not have to hold down the mouse when moving
> > buttons
> > but I can change this or make it configurable.
> 
> Well, a fully fledged mix of the two can do the job too:
> 
> 1.  user presses the MMB on a kicker button
> 2.  if:
> 2a.   user releases immediatly (or without moving the button)
> 2b      then start a moveme()
> 3.  else if:
> 3a.   user moves the mouse with MMB pressed
> 3b.     then start a moveme()
> .
> . (moveme() and others)
> .
> 4.  user releases the MMB (either because he didn't release it since the
>         last press or because he moved the widget with the mouse released
>         then when finished (s)he pressed the mouse again to stop the move
> 5.  button is out of moveme()
> 
> Of course, releasing the mouse outside the widget annulates the press
> event (i.e. doesn't start moveme() if not started yet, doesn't stop it if
> already started).
> 
>  Could this work? If you want I can try myself at it.

Sounds to me like it should work.
I'm afraid I wont have much time for kicker this week.

-- 
Matthias Elter
elter@kde.org
me@caldera.de

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