Xref: utzoo comp.windows.x:14448 comp.windows.news:1585 comp.windows.misc:1217 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!crdgw1!crdgw1.ge.com!barnett From: barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.news,comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Help with double-click recognition. Message-ID: <3400@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 20 Oct 89 15:01:30 GMT References: <603@granite.dec.com> <1922@bacchus.dec.com> <1490@esquire.UUCP> <6564@ficc.uu.net> <17943@bellcore.bellcore.com> <6594@ficc.uu.net> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Followup-To: comp.windows.misc Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 46 In-reply-to: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Followup to comp.windows.misc. please. In article <6594@ficc.uu.net>, peter@ficc (Peter da Silva) writes: >Try using 'click' as a toggle: if it's obscured, bring it to front. Otherwise >drop it to back. I HATE this in window systems that have this "feature". I set up the windows the way that I like, and some window system keeps moving my windows around when I don't want to. Example: I want to look at a large window 'cause it has a manual page, data or source, but do work in a smaller window on top of the first. Then I want to select something in the "back" window and move/copy/paste it in front. BANG! my small window goes away. Grr! This is a real pain when the small window is completely covered over by the large window, and both windows are on top of a dozen other windows. It might take me a dozen actions to undo the changes of this "helpfull feature". When I set up my windows, I don't want them changed! But, you ask, how do you change this? >What does 'selecting' a border usually do? Bingo! A lot of window systems use clicks on the border of a window to specify window-manager actions. These clicks can therefore be used to change window hierarchy, iconify state, move or resize windows, or pop up the menus that all window-based applications have. But inside the window, you can make that program use any sort of chord like Shift-Meta-Control-DoubleClick left, middle and right mouse buttons. I have that chord defined to update the database in my Watch! Well, not really. Maybe next week. :-) -- Bruce G. Barnett uunet!crdgw1!barnett