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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] tab handling inconsistency
From:       Shaun Reich <predator106 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-12-22 20:07:56
Message-ID: 2165e9910912221207h517c1ec0yd006d0063db9e010 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 21 December 2009 21:21:26 Shaun Reich wrote:
>> > Is there any reason preventing choosing one way to do it and
>> > implementing it across all three apps?
>>
>> Not that I can see...
>>
>> If anything, the Konqueror case would probably be the greatest reason
>> to not change, as I suppose there are some people that like the tab
>> copying(?). In which case, I don't see a reason why KTabBar could not
>> be modified so that the user could e.g. hold Ctrl while dragging the
>> tab to duplicate it.
>>
>> >The Konqueror method seems to
>> > be the most recent; besides being a kdelibs class does anyone remember
>> > why it was used?
>>
>> I think that the Konqueror method was based off the already-introduced
>> middle mouse button tab dragging, so then they probably thought: with
>> that introduced, we could make it copy tabs on left button dragging -
>> why not, the button isn't used anyways...and it wasn't..iirc,
>> applications *only* used middle mouse tab dragging, left would not do
>> anything in regular scenarios.
>>
>> Correct me if I am wrong, of course.
>>
> Interesting.  Middle-button dragging in konqueror does not work here, and
> copying tabs, when I already have 15+ open, is, frankly, a pain, but seems to
> be the only way I can get two tabs to be adjacent.  If there really *is* a
> move option, it's certainly well-hidden.
>
> Anne
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Looks like someone broke it recently(in kdelibs), I think there was an
issue before... you can see that the cursor changes when you hold the
middle click..the cursor is supposed to change to something that looks
like a cross...this was likely accidental, as we were trying to
preserve the behaviour and had to do some work to do so.

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Shaun Reich
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