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Bug 359167 - applet doesn't move on middle click
applet doesn't move on middle click
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: tomboy
Classification: Applications
Component: General
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Tomboy Maintainers
Tomboy Maintainers
: 369167 411906 (view as bug list)
Depends on: 359168
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-10-03 00:46 UTC by Sven Herzberg
Modified: 2008-02-26 20:50 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Patch to make current middle-click behavior an option in Gconf that defaults to false (2.30 KB, patch)
2008-01-12 17:55 UTC, Sandy Armstrong
committed Details | Review

Description Sven Herzberg 2006-10-03 00:46:25 UTC
In the panel I can move starters with the middle mouse button (press and drag). This doesn't work with tomboy, introducing some inconsistency. Please change the behavior from pasting the clip board into the "Start Here" note to moving the applet around.
Comment 1 David Trowbridge 2006-11-02 00:54:34 UTC
*** Bug 369167 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Boyd Timothy 2007-01-31 19:14:49 UTC
Alex, others, which "feature" is more important?  Since it's possible to move the panel applet with a right-click, select Move, I'm inclined to mark this WONTFIX.
Comment 3 Boyd Timothy 2007-02-25 14:39:52 UTC
*** Bug 411906 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Wouter Bolsterlee (uws) 2007-02-25 14:47:42 UTC
From bug 411906:

The Tomboy applet cannot be moved on the panel by dragging it with the middle
mouse button. Instead the date is inserted into the Start Here note. Even
worse, this functionality is not obvious and is not present in the menu either!

Tomboy should adhere to Gnome customs and allow applet movement with the middle
mouse button.
Comment 5 Sven Herzberg 2007-06-22 15:44:42 UTC
You see. It really confuses people as long as it doesn't behave the same way the other applets behave. And as #359168 is almost solved, the old functionality won't be lost but is available more transparently through the regular tomboy user interface.
Comment 6 Sven Herzberg 2007-10-13 10:56:27 UTC
As there is/was a bug about adding add-date as a plugin - which would be more obvious for users - I think we should really move on with dropping this inconsistency for GNOME 2.22.

So, please add the tool from bug 359168 and then fix this bug.
Comment 7 Sandy Armstrong 2007-10-13 13:52:57 UTC
I agree with Sven, but maybe that's because I've never used this feature?  Confirming and setting target to to 0.9.x.

Now would be a good time for any big supporters of the middle-click-inserts-date-into-start-note feature to speak up.  ;-)
Comment 8 Sven Herzberg 2008-01-12 16:52:34 UTC
So, insert-date got added to the tools now, will this bug be next? (This is a real inconsistency with the rest of GNOME)
Comment 9 Sandy Armstrong 2008-01-12 17:01:40 UTC
I sent another email to the list to see if anybody defends the current behavior.  Unless I hear a good reason, I'll fix this bug as soon as somebody provides a working patch.

I'd like to see this RESOLVED or WONTFIX by the end of this cycle.
Comment 10 Sandy Armstrong 2008-01-12 17:55:05 UTC
Created attachment 102673 [details] [review]
Patch to make current middle-click behavior an option in Gconf that defaults to false

Makes current behavior optional.  Doesn't add anything to preferences dialog.
Comment 11 Mathias Hasselmann (IRC: tbf) 2008-01-12 18:07:07 UTC
Seems Ubuntu patches out that feature? I can move the applet, but I cannot drop text. 

Wondering if using DnD for dropping text wouldn't be more reasonable anyway: At least GTK+ apps and Gecko support DnD for selected text.
Comment 12 Sven Herzberg 2008-01-12 18:17:56 UTC
(In reply to comment #11)
> Seems Ubuntu patches out that feature? I can move the applet, but I cannot drop
> text. 

Huh? That would be absolutely new to me. Middle-Click on the applet still inserts the current date and primary buffer.
Comment 13 Sandy Armstrong 2008-01-12 18:30:34 UTC
It only works if you have a Start Note.
Comment 14 Eetu Huisman 2008-01-13 04:05:46 UTC
This is probably one of the most annoying misfeatures in all of Gnome at the moment. I'd like to see it go away, please. And thanks, Sandy, for the workaround :-)
Comment 15 Sandy Armstrong 2008-01-13 14:12:14 UTC
Committed in r1770 (small change to patch: schema defaults pref to 'false' instead of 'true').

I don't see any reason to expose this in the Preferences dialog.
Comment 16 Mariano Suárez-Alvarez 2008-01-13 18:26:39 UTC
Isn't this hidden preference much in the spirit of a --do-not-be-broken command line option?
Comment 17 Sandy Armstrong 2008-01-13 21:42:24 UTC
(In reply to comment #16)
> Isn't this hidden preference much in the spirit of a --do-not-be-broken command
> line option?
> 

Technically, wouldn't it be more like a --be-broken command line option, since we default to the standard applet behavior now?  ;-)

The hidden preference allows the user to override default applet behavior with a special behavior that they find more useful.  I doubt they would consider it broken when they explicitly enable it.  Plus, you can always move the applet by right-clicking and selecting move.

And, of course, some people run Tomboy in the notification area and not in the panel.  But I don't see any reason to restrict this feature to that.