#7596 NORM -: where hovering on an icon produces a palette, implement 'right-click' in palette

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#7596: where hovering on an icon produces a palette, implement 'right-click' in
palette
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 Reporter:  mikus             |         Owner:  Eben                             
     Type:  enhancement       |        Status:  new                              
 Priority:  normal            |     Milestone:                                   
Component:  interface-design  |       Version:  Development build as of this date
 Keywords:                    |   Next_action:  never set                        
 Verified:  0                 |     Blockedby:                                   
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 In a discussion on devel, Eben wrote: "Of note, you can now (almost
 everywhere...soon truly everywhere...) right-click on a button/object to
 instantly reveal it's full palette".

 One aim of this ticket is to ensure that this design gets implemented.
 [But there is more !]

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 In today's Journal, if there is an icon for a removable storage device,
 LEFT clicking on that icon will show the content of that device.  Clicking
 in that icon's palette can unmount that device.  Those are two very
 different outcomes.

 What I am proposing is to add RIGHT click capability to the entries of
 __every__ palette.  Somebody who is not concerned about "where to click"
 can continue to use the left click as before.  But somebody who knows he
 wants to avoid what "clicking on the icon" would do, can now *restrict*
 himself to only using RIGHT click in a specific situation.

 The right click would would do something only *within* the palette, but
 within the icon would only ask that the palette be shown.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7596>
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