[Etoys] 2 button mouse confusion

[Milan Zimmermann]

On February 3, 2009, Rita Freudenberg 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
>
> On my Windows PC (XP) it works quite well, I can access both menus:
> right-mouse-button for halo and middle-mouse-button for context-menu.
> But on my Laptop with touchpad and three buttons underneath and I have
> the same problems like you, Simon: I just get the halo and no
> context-menus.

Rita, is this Windows? As a (likely unhelpful) guess is it possible the 
touchpad buttons are configured so right does the same thing as middle? Aso on 
Linux I have funny behaviour if I inadvertently leave Caps On, but that 
affects left click,,,

Milan

>
> Rita
>
> >>>>> and context menus.
> >>
> >> 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?
> >
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