[OSM-talk] selecting segments

[Dave Stubbs]

On 04/09/07, Alex S. <maps at swavely.com> wrote:
>
> 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.



Unfortunately there's no way to hold down the middle click using the
touchpad hot zone. It'll only do a click.
Also unfortunately, holding down control before clicking prevents the menu
popping up.
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.


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.



Just the hot zone with the current sw I'm afraid.

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!

But if there are no other incantations to get this currently coded then I'll
just practice my rhythm :-)
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