[Thunar-dev] Use another mouse button for gestures

[Mike Massonnet]

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:11:33PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hello Ori.
> 
> Ori Bernstein, 03.01.2007 14:05:
> > On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:20:19 +0100, Mathias Brodala <info at noctus.net> said:
> > 
> >> As long as the button is pushed, there won’t appear a menu anyway so it should
> >> not interfere with the normal function of the button.
> > 
> > Did you ever check that assumption?
> 
> Whoops, you’re right. In Thunar the menu appears even when holding the button.
> 
> >> Could this be implemented (as option of course)? Or how could I patch my Thunar
> >> so that it works at least for me?
> > 
> > It could be. RTFS (Read the Fine Source).
> 
> The fact above complicates my intention. Now the context menu must be hold back
> until the button is released.
> 
> I can’t modify the source on myself (yet) so I just wanted to know if this could
> be added as feature.

How about asking Opera to use the middle button?  :)

There is an extension for Firefox where you can use the button you want.
http://optimoz.mozdev.org/gestures/

IMHO the middle button _is_ the best choice.  With the synaptic driver
you can touch the touchpad with two fingers then one and move.  This is
really neat ^_^

> Regards, Mathias


Regards,
Mike
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