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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: DND in kpanel (was Re: RFC: new KPanel application menu)
From:       iglio () fub ! it (Pietro Iglio)
Date:       1999-07-14 15:07:52
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At 16.59 14/07/99 +0200, you wrote:
>On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Pietro Iglio wrote:
>> There is already a threshold, but it is not enough. If you forget that
>> DND is enabled and start moving in the menu with the mouse button down
>> (occasionally I do that, and I guess other users do the same), the drag
>> starts anyway. Yes, you can stop the accidental drag pressing the middle
>> button, but it is annoying and not for beginners.
>> 
>> Since it seems that most of you don't like the "use middle button" option,
>> and I don't like the idea of disabling DND by default, the "use shift +
left
>> button to drag in the menu" option (suggested by Preston) is the best in
>> my opinion.
>> 
>> I know that using an extra key for DND is not in the UI guidelines, but
>> I prefer a solution that is a bit incoherent, but less annoying. Note that
>> latest MS systems have the same problem we are discussing.
>
>How standard is it that ESC interrupts such an operation? I use it
>frequently to cancel drags, but honestly I don't know if that is on
>Windows or on Linux as well...
>Anyway, if it works ALWAYS, I think pressing ESC during a drag is a
>good way to cancel it, isn't it?

Agree with ESC (it will be used), but I like to abort a drag without 
moving my left hand (I'm very lazy). After I have implemented "middle 
button aborts drag", I have discovered that Windows does the same!
(it's just a coincidence, I didn't copy their idea).

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