GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 359167
applet doesn't move on middle click
Last modified: 2008-02-26 20:50:51 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.
*** Bug 369167 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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.
*** Bug 411906 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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.
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.
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.
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. ;-)
So, insert-date got added to the tools now, will this bug be next? (This is a real inconsistency with the rest of GNOME)
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.
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.
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.
(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.
It only works if you have a Start Note.
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 :-)
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.
Isn't this hidden preference much in the spirit of a --do-not-be-broken command line option?
(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.