Re: [Jmol-developers] Jmol -- next project -- structural comparison/manipulation?

[Rolf H. <rh...@fl...>]

Robert Hanson wrote:
> Rolf, what would be a suitable alternative to ALT_LEFT? It works so
> nicely on the PC.
I used Jmol 11.6.8 and KDE 3.5.5 for testing:
> Maybe you can help me identify what keys we have available for dragging? I see:
> 
>       case LEFT:  rotateXY
works as expected
>       case MIDDLE: zoomBy, rotateZBy
works as expected
>       case SHIFT_RIGHT: // the one-button Mac folks won't get this gesture
works like 'MIDDLE'
>       case CTRL_ALT_LEFT:
>       /*
>        * miguel 2004 11 23
>        * CTRL_ALT_LEFT *should* work on the mac
>        * however, Apple has a bug in that mouseDragged events
>        * do not get passed through if the CTL button is held down
>        *
>        * I submitted a bug to apple
>        */
> 
> [this should probably be checked again]
> 
works like 'CTRL_RIGHT'
>       case CTRL_RIGHT: translateXYBy
works as expected
>       case CTRL_SHIFT_LEFT: slabByPixels
no obvious effect
>       case CTRL_ALT_SHIFT_LEFT: slabDepthByPixels
no obvious effect
> 
ALT_LEFT, ALT_MIDDLE and ALT_RIGHT are used for window control functions
in KDE.

CTRL_ALT_MIDDLE and CTRL_ALT_RIGHT seem to be still free.

Regards,
Rolf