[Etoys] 2 button mouse confusion

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Tue Feb 3 04:17:12 EST 2009


On 03.02.2009, at 08:59, Simon Guest wrote:

> At Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:33:52 -0800,
> Yoshiki Ohshima wrote:
>>
>> At Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:24:21 +0530,
>> K. K. Subramaniam wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sunday 01 Feb 2009 1:31:45 pm Simon Guest wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Have just switched over to a recent EToys image (about this system
>>>> says EToys 3.1 latest update 2177).  I have a 2 button mouse  
>>>> (well, a
>>>> touchpad with 2 buttons underneath), and I want to access both  
>>>> halos
>>>> and context menus.
>>> Ctrl+click will give you the context menu.
>>
>>  Yes, that is true on Unix...
>
> Ah, so that's why it doesn't work for me on Windows ...
>
> I'm generally Squeaking around in an Etoys development image on
> Windows, so right click is useful from time to time.  I still have not
> worked out how to be able to get both halos and context menu without
> changing (and changing back) the swap mouse buttons preference.  Any
> suggestions here would be useful.  Is a VM parameter tweak needed?


Can't comment on Windows, but on the Mac halo is right-click or  
command-click, the context menu is option-click.

- Bert -




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