[Marble-bugs] [Bug 282394] Drop the leftclick menu

[Bernhard Beschow]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=282394





--- Comment #4 from Bernhard Beschow <bbeschow cs tu-berlin de>  2011-09-21 10:30:24 ---
I think that modes could be a solution, though it seems to me that this is a
broader topic. I think what Anders refers to is browsing, which is one of our
use cases. So in order to stay focused, I suggest to discuss what is relevant
for browsing a map.

For the browsing use case, I believe that switching between panning and
selection manually is too inconvenient. I'd therefore favor a solution where
both modes are combined (at least for browsing).

That said, I think that the current behavior is almost fine for browsing,
because the shape of the cursor suggests what "mode" is currently active. In
particular, I like that it takes advantage of the following (common) intuitions
for cursor shapes:
* arrow: point and activate an item (e.g. a gpx track)
* open hand: grabbing and panning (the map)
* pointing hand: single click performs an action (e.g. open a menu or link)

The only thing I'd change - for browsing - is to drop or merge the lmb menu, as
suggested in the title.

We should keep in mind, however, that future browsing will likely involve
rotation of the globe around the z-axis and tilting around the y-axis (see
OpenGL demo).

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