Re: [Spacenav-users] Using SpaceNavigator buttons as keyboard keys

[blobfish <blo...@gm...>]

On 05/04/2012 10:29 AM, Federico Fanton wrote:
> On 04/05/2012 16:15, blobfish wrote:
>
>> That being said, I can see the button/key binding as an acceptable work
>> around
>> for programs already coded and developers having no desire to modify for a
>> spaceball. My point: (finally!) IMHO if you implement this, I think you
>> should have
>> the button to key mapping an option and defaulting to off. Also in the
>> libspnav
>> developer documentation, We should encourage developers to create their own
>> "in app" button to command mapping and not rely on the driver and keyboard.
> I absolutely agree with you, but the application I'm using is Siemens
> NX, and I fear it would be somewhat difficult to get them to modify
> their program :/
>
Most of my experience with a spaceball has been on Unigraphics also. I 
understand what you are saying, and that is why I called it an 
acceptable work around. I am just afraid that once this is implemented, 
developers won't implement spaceball button handling inside their 
application. They know the user can map the spaceball buttons to hot 
keys. This (IMHO) is a hack and will be the path of least resistance for 
application developers and will send us down the wrong road.