[sugar] [PATCH] #447: grab/scroll key

[Erik Garrison]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 05:36:44AM -0400, Brian Jordan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Erik Garrison <erik at laptop.org> wrote:
> >
> > I like Brian's idea but felt similarly about the difficulty in deciding
> > which hand button executes which function.  SHIFT-HAND is a good
> > solution, and relatively easy to implement.
> 
> Agreed, SHIFT-HAND +1
> 
> UI wise, will there be a way to distinguish between SHIFT-HAND and a
> regular click? For example, in Physics, I can imagine having
> SHIFT-HAND move objects around even if a non-grab tool is selected.
> 

I think it would be possible at the price of a degree of software
complexity.  We would probably have to modify the keyhandler to issue
some kind of signal about the grab state.  Your application would have
to listen for that signal.  I suspect there is a way to manage this at
your client application's level.