GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 703201
Right-click should trigger some action
Last modified: 2014-10-06 13:26:20 UTC
Right-click should trigger some action, like switch to the selection mode or the same action as left-click. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start gnome-contacts 2. Right-click on any contact Result: Right-click does not trigger any action. Expected result: Right-click should trigger some action.
Right-clicking a deletable item in other core apps does indeed open the selection (for deletion) mode. It would be great if contacts could have the same behaviour. (Testing in 3.11.90 and it doesn't.)
Certainly it should trigger selection-mode when right click on the contact list. On the right-part on the UI, not so sure. Anyway, let's mark this bug eith ui-review and wait for the main designer behind contact to emit some criteria.
I agree that it would be good to do something on right click, and that it would be good to be consistent with the other apps. Yes - selection mode!
There are still some open design questions: Currently, in selection mode, only a click on the check box selects a contact (without switching to it in the right pane), and a click anywhere else on the list box just shows the contact details in the right pane (without checking the check box). So, what exactly should happen when you right-click on a contact and the list isn't in selection mode yet? And when it is in selection mode, should a contact selection be toggled by clicking anywhere on it, or just when clicking on the check box? And what should be shown on the right panel while selecting?
From my point of view: "So, what exactly should happen when you right-click on a contact and the list isn't in selection mode yet?" User should switch to selection mode. Contact should be marked. "And when it is in selection mode, should a contact selection be toggled by clicking anywhere on it, or just when clicking on the check box?" I would prefer to select contact by clicking anywhere on it rather than clicking on the check box. "And what should be shown on the right panel while selecting?" Application should show the contact details in the right panel.
I don't know if the following request should belong to another issue (right-click for fields), because it seems that you are discussing right-click on contacts... I was looking for a way to copy an email address (to paste it in an email, for example). I'd like to be able to right-click on a field of a contact and choose "copy email address".
(In reply to comment #6) > I don't know if the following request should belong to another issue > (right-click for fields), because it seems that you are discussing right-click > on contacts... > > I was looking for a way to copy an email address (to paste it in an email, for > example). > I'd like to be able to right-click on a field of a contact and choose "copy > email address". Yes, that request is tracked in another bug [1] [1]: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=710485