GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 495341
Adobe Reader style grabber
Last modified: 2011-06-19 10:38:01 UTC
This report has been filled here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/161111 "As the summary says, this is a feature request. I would like to see an Adobe Reader style grabber for Evince. " Thanks,
change version to newest, please.
Created attachment 185660 [details] [review] trivial 4-byte patch implementing permanent grab&drag with left mouse button This patch is against latest GIT version (2011.04.10) of evince. It swaps left and middle button for grab&drag. It changed literally 4 bytes in the source code. This functionality is a must-have for any touch device.
If this was implemented as a "Hand tool" it would be much easier for users to discover and be more generically useful to Evince users, beyond touch screen users. I think it would be also useful if anyone wanted to make slideshow presentations in Evince. (Until I started using a tablet I had not really seen the need for a Hand tool and I can understand why it seems odd, but when you don't have any mouse at all, even needing to right click is a complete disaster. I would have thought making things work better for Tablet users would also dovetail nicely with work to help improve accessibility needs)
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 165155 ***