On 04/09/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alex S.</b> <<a href="mailto:maps@swavely.com">maps@swavely.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Dave Stubbs wrote:<br>> On 04/09/07, *Alex S.* <<a href="mailto:maps@swavely.com">maps@swavely.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Or, middle-click the segment, then hold Ctrl and click on the segment<br>>> from the pop-up list.
<br>><br>> Are there any other shortcut keys to get the middle-button menu?<br>> My laptop only has two mouse buttons, and although I can configure a<br>> "hot zone" on the touch pad to replicate one, it'll only click it, not
<br>> click and hold, which means I have to do some funky keyboard gymnastics<br>> to make the popup sticky. :-(<br><br>The Ctrl key makes the popup sticky. As long as you hold Ctrl, and<br>don't click anything else, it should stay up. "Middle"-click, press and
<br>hold Ctrl, release mouse button(s), hover and left-click the segment you<br>want.</blockquote><div><br><br>Unfortunately there's no way to hold down the middle click using the touchpad hot zone. It'll only do a click.
<br>Also unfortunately, holding down control before clicking prevents the menu popping up.<br>Luckily there's a brief period (about a quarter second) after the click when I can push the control key before the popup closes -- it usually takes 3 or 4 attempts to get the timing right.
<br><br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Btw, some mouse (and touchpad) drivers have an option (& some just do it
<br>automatically) for 'chording' the middle button - in other words,<br>pressing both left and right at the same time produces a middle-click.</blockquote><div><br><br>Just the hot zone with the current sw I'm afraid.
<br> <br></div>What might work a lot better for all the random hardware out there is a right-click context menu... the display dragging would only then be activated on a drag, and not when you click. It would work with my tablet then too!
<br><br>But if there are no other incantations to get this currently coded then I'll just practice my rhythm :-)<br><br></div>