[haiku-commits] Re: r42329 - haiku/trunk/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/ps2

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:10:48 +0200

Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2011-06-28 at 09:39:04 [+0200], Siarzhuk Zharski <zharik@xxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> > Hm, I have googled that the more common way of emulation middle 
> > click
> > on touchpads is pressing both Left and Right buttons at once. Yes, 
> > the
> > middle button in Haiku has not so lot of  "duties" this days, so
> > question is - are we need such simulation in our touchpads support? 
> > Of
> > course, with corresponding "switch off" checkbox in Touchpad
> > preferences.
> Middle click is used for closing a tab and, in the browser, for 
> opening a 
> link in a new tab. I find those important enough. My Thinkpad does 
> have a 
> middle mouse button, so I'm not really passionate about the 
> emulation, but 
> for a laptop without the button I would really want to have it.

Sure, but I guess something like this would better be placed in the 
input_server than the device driver at any rate.

Bye,
   Axel.


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