RE: [MACTCL] Right-click

[Alastair D. <ala...@si...>]

From the point-of-view of developers of cross-platform applications, =
this
particular difference feels unnecessary. =20

Windows and Linux Tk both always call the right button <Button-3> =
whether or
not there are actually three mouse buttons.  Aqua Tk always calls the =
right
button <Button-2>.  We wouldn't lose consistency in adopting the same
convention as Windows and Linux, but we would simplify cross-platform
scripting.

Otherwise, it just means that there must be another test of [tk
windowingsystem] to accommodate this.  (Obviously, there are plenty of =
these
already, but most of them do actually handle genuine platform
differences...)

All in my humble opinion of course  :-)

Best wishes,
Alastair


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Ingham
Sent: 21 March 2005 18:55
Subject: Re: [MACTCL] Right-click


The Tk Aqua code just reports the button number that the system =20
sends.  On Aqua, right mouse button always sends button 2, since that =20
way you get the same button number for right mouse click for a two =20
and a three button mouse.  Then if you have a third button, that =20
sends 3.

Not sure I want to change this, though it would be easy enough to do...

Jim


On Mar 21, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Alastair Davies wrote:

>
> Same for me too: I have a two-button + wheel mouse that I can use with =
a
> Windows PC and a MacOS X system.  It generates a <Button-2> event for =
a
> right-click and a <Button-3> event for a click of the wheel when used =
on
> MacOS X, and vice versa when used on Windows.  This seems gratuitously
> different.  Is it too late to change?
>
> Regards,
> Alastair
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J=E9r=F4me Gagnon-Voyer
> Sent: 24 April 2004 18:05
> Subject: Re: [MACTCL] Right-click
>
>
> Same problem here with aMSN
>
> I changed manually all Button 3 for Button 2 and all Button3 for=20
> Button2. (With virtual events)
>
> Le 04-04-24, =E0 06:56, Neil Madden a =E9crit :
>
>
>> A related question: I have a 3-button mouse which I use with os x.=20
>> However, the right mouse button gets delivered as <Button-2> and the=20
>> middle as <Button-3>, which is different to how most apps bind to=20
>> right and middle mouse button normally. I've been told that this is=20
>> just a misconfiguration of my mouse somewhere, but I'm not so sure -=20
>> the right mouse button acts correctly in every application other than =

>> Tk-based ones.
>>
>> Anyone have any clues? If it is a misconfiguration - anyone know
>> where to correct it?
>>