(patch) Review Request: Fancy-schmancy Kickoff layout tricks for dissident panel placements

Sven Burmeister sven.burmeister at gmx.net
Wed Feb 27 12:38:25 CET 2008


On Mittwoch, 27. Februar 2008, Marco Martin wrote:
> for the click-tabs vs mousehover question: i would use this simple patch
> that makes switch the tab with click and on mousehover only when the left
> mouse button is pressed already.
> example: the user presses the mouse button to pop up the menu and moves the
> mouse over another tab with the button still pressed and the tab changes
> automatically, a behaviour common in popup menus, but when the user don't
> know exactly what he is searching probably he had released the mouse (ok,
> it's only a my sensation) so it doesn't activate a tab by error.

This just adds the need to press the mouse button all the time or click more 
often then now. The tab-buttons are huge and hard to miss or hit by mistake 
if just reading the current tab.

Sven


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