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RE: [platform-ui-dev] Opera/Mozilla style mouse/pen gesture recognition in Eclipse
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Personally I think think could be a useful feature. I have
installed gesture recognition software on my desktop and found it to save me
some effort for performing common tasks such as starting a Web Browser or
closing programs. Oddly, it seems to take me less time to sketch a quick W
on my mouse than it does to click on the shortcut on my toolbar. I believe
this has something to do with the distance the mouse must travel away from my
centre of attention. Commands are usually grouped in a corner far away
from where I am looking so that they are less distracting when I don't need
them. Of course, this immediately becomes a problem when I do need them
and must refocus elsewhere. Performing a gesture feels more natural
because I can perform it blindly -- that much closer to the much coveted direct
neural interface.
As for
the right mouse button inconsistency, there are easy solutions. First,
this option should be user configurable with suitable platform specific
defaults. Second, I have found that my little used middle mouse
button is the perfect candidate for marking gestures. I use the
wheel all of the time, but seldom do I click with it. You mileage may
vary.
This
sounds like an interesting experiment. I look forward to hearing about
what this might add to the usability of IDEs.
Jeff.
This feature
sounds like a waste of effort.
1)
No one is asking for this or really needs it
2) Eclipse is not a web browser
3) The right mouse button is used for the context menu 999 times out of
1000. That means that it is very likely a gesture will be incorrectly
recognized when the user is just trying to get the context menu to appear.
Also, the results of a gesture having been interpreted are unexpected
and/or subtle.
4) This doesn't work on
Motif. The context menu must appear on mouse down.
5) This creates either an inconsistancy or unwanted
work for people writing Editors that aren't AbstractText editors.
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| "Chris McLaren"
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Subject: Re: [platform-ui-dev]
Opera/Mozilla style mouse/pen gesture recognition in Eclipse
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>From: "Chris McLaren" <Chris_McLaren@xxxxxxx>
>>
Technical note: Gestures are recognized when clicking within any
>>
AbstractTextEditor. This class is used for editing text and java
files,
>> among others, but you will probably encounter editors for
which this
>> functionality is not currently
enabled.
>
>Enabled? Does an editor have to do something special
to enable?
>
>Bob
AbstractTextEditor contains a small amount of
code which hooks into the gesture recognition code. Extending this class would
give you this feature automatically. The feature is only a day old now, over
the next week or to we will try and solidify some of this functionality.
Currently, the gesture code is internal and subject to change.
Chris.
