>> hh:
>> As you said earlier:
>> "... some things make more semantic sense with Alt rather than Shift".
>>
>> Alt happens.
> RG:
> ... but not in a vacuum.
"Alt happens" is the alt-variant of "Shift happens" (Forrest Gump).
> RG wrote:
> A click gesture is so common that most folks don't even t
Roger Eller wrote:
> Further back, it was said that this is only an issue when LiveCode
> misbehaves and is a window can't be selected because it is outside the
> screen. So if true, LC should have a built-in way to recover the
> window,
> like how Control-period stops a script. How about Contro
hh wrote:
> You could try to rethink why that key is named "optionKey" or
> "altKey".
>
> Using the altkey with another key on the keyboard is not the same
> as using it with the mouse. Easy to understand. It's a simple option.
>
> As you said earlier:
> "... some things make more semantic sense
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 3:08 PM, hh via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> You could try to rethink why that key is named "optionKey" or "altKey".
>
> Using the altkey with another key on the keyboard is not the same
> as using it with the mouse. Easy to understand. It's a simp
You could try to rethink why that key is named "optionKey" or "altKey".
Using the altkey with another key on the keyboard is not the same
as using it with the mouse. Easy to understand. It's a simple option.
As you said earlier:
"... some things make more semantic sense with Alt rather than Shift
hh wrote:
>>> hh wrote:
>>> Nearly all linux users (incl. Raspi users) are smarter than you
>>> believe.
>
>> RG wrote:
>> Personally, I think great app design is more a function of
>> discovering what's intuitive than testing cognitive boundaries.
>
> Sorry, I forgot to say that you are an except
>> hh wrote:
>> Nearly all linux users (incl. Raspi users) are smarter than you believe.
> RG wrote:
> Personally, I think great app design is more a function of discovering
> what's intuitive than testing cognitive boundaries.
Sorry, I forgot to say that you are an exception:
Obviously you are
hh wrote:
> Richard,
>
> now that you essentially said over and over again
> "it also means not being able to rely on Alt-click in our UIs":
>
> I say, still valid and also worth to repeat, there is a difference in
> "alt-clicking" between alt-mouseDown and alt-mouseUp on linux:
>
> [1]
> *** alt
Richard,
now that you essentially said over and over again
"it also means not being able to rely on Alt-click in our UIs":
I say, still valid and also worth to repeat, there is a difference in
"alt-clicking" between alt-mouseDown and alt-mouseUp on linux:
[1]
*** alt-mouseDown does NOT come thr
Mark Wieder wrote:
> On 05/29/2017 08:30 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
>
>> Personally, it seems a bit heavy-handed of the Gnome team to block
>> a modifier key so sweepingly. I may see about submitting an
>> enhancement request to them to change that from Alt-click to
>> Alt-rightc
On 05/29/2017 08:30 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
Personally, it seems a bit heavy-handed of the Gnome team to block a
modifier key so sweepingly. I may see about submitting an enhancement
request to them to change that from Alt-click to Alt-rightclick, which
seems far better giv
hh wrote:
>> Richard Gaskin wrote (in thread 'nice Sierra feature'):
>>> Mark Wieder wrote:
>>> On linux you can alt-click to grab and move a window.
>>
>> ... which is both great and horrible.
>> It's handy, of course, but it also means not being able to rely on
>> Alt-click in our UIs.
>> In ma
[I take the liberty to move this to a new thread in order to have a more
appropriate subject]
> Richard Gaskin wrote (in thread 'nice Sierra feature'):
>>> Mark Wieder wrote:
>>> On linux you can alt-click to grab and move a window.
>
> ... which is both great and horrible.
> It's handy, of co
13 matches
Mail list logo
