[josm-dev] JOSM and 0.5 (was: Does potlatch make it too easy for people to unintentionally screw things up?)

[Brent Easton]

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On 13/10/2007 at 3:33 PM Frederik Ramm  wrote:

>Hi,
>
>> 1. Only infer a drag if the mouse button is held down longer than a
>> threshold time.
>
>A *configurable* threshold... ;-)?
>
>> 2. Only infer a drag if the pointer has been moved by more than a
>> set amount from the point of origin (let's call this higher "object
>> inertia"). Could be used alongside option 1.
>
>Makes it really difficult though to move something a small amount if
>you want - I know that from other software: select something, drag it
>away quite far so taht move mode triggers, then slowly return it to
>almost where it was...


What about not being able to move something when it is first selected? You can only move an item by click and drag after is has already been selected by a previous click.
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Brent Easton                       
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University of Western Sydney                                   
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