[OSM-talk] selecting segments

[Alex S.]

Dave Stubbs wrote:
> On 04/09/07, *Alex S.* <maps at swavely.com> wrote:
>> Or, middle-click the segment, then hold Ctrl and click on the segment
>> from the pop-up list. 
> 
> Are there any other shortcut keys to get the middle-button menu?
> My laptop only has two mouse buttons, and although I can configure a 
> "hot zone" on the touch pad to replicate one, it'll only click it, not 
> click and hold, which means I have to do some funky keyboard gymnastics 
> to make the popup sticky. :-(

The Ctrl key makes the popup sticky.  As long as you hold Ctrl, and 
don't click anything else, it should stay up.  "Middle"-click, press and 
hold Ctrl, release mouse button(s), hover and left-click the segment you 
want.

Btw, some mouse (and touchpad) drivers have an option (& some just do it 
automatically) for 'chording' the middle button - in other words, 
pressing both left and right at the same time produces a middle-click.