[haiku-commits] Re: r43210 - haiku/trunk/src/preferences/keymap
- From: "Ingo Weinhold" <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:05:22 +0100
Adrien Destugues wrote:
> John Scipione <jscipione@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> > I went to look into the Keymap preflet code and, the above idea is
> > not
> > going to work since pushing modifier keys changes the keymap view,
> > duh! We
> > can't use any modifiers at all. My next best idea is to just always
> > swap,
> > is there a really good reason that you'd want to copy or move instead?
>
> You may want to copy a key, for example completely overwrite caps lock
> with control or something similar.
> There's another problem with that : there is no way to get caps lock
> back! (it is possible to get regular characters by dragging them from
> somewhere else, for example the character map application).
A right click could open a context menu from which a modifier (maybe even other
characters) can be chosen.
Alternatively a left click could open a popup (list/tree or a more complex
dialog) from which a modifier or character can be chosen. At least I don't
quite see the point of why a click on the key button would produce the
character. I mean one could as well press the actual key on the keyboard,
right?. If others see a point, it could simple be two modes between which one
can switch via menu item, check box, or whatever.
As another alternative a floating window could be opened via a menu item or
some button from which key functions could be dragged and dropped.
> What about :
> - left click drag to swap keys
> - right click drag gets a popup on mouse release asking what to do
>
> Anything besides swapping key is not used too often, so that should be
> ok ?
*shrug* I haven't used anything beside selecting a keymap from the list and
switching the Alt/Ctrl modifiers for ages.
CU, Ingo
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