Re: Emacs Explorer?

[Jan D.]

> On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 01:52:39PM +0200, Jan D. wrote:
> > Exactly what is inconsistent?  That mouse down does not clear the 
> > selected
> > part or that it doesn't set mark, or something else?  Note that it is 
> > only
> > when clicking on some selected text and dragging that the behaviour
> > differs.  If clicking outside selected text, or not dragging, we can 
> > keep
> > the old behaviour.
>
> To tell the truth, I hate the D&D-by-dragging-selected-text behavior 
> of other
> apps (in particular, mozilla), because it's damn touchy -- often I'll 
> try to
> click to make the selected region collapse, but accidentally drag a 
> _little
> bit_, which ends up invoking the D&D behavior...

I get bitten by this sometimes also.  It is important that the amount 
of drag
is customizable.  Usually it is not.

> The same thing happens with other interfaces where dragging vs. 
> clicking
> makes a significant difference (e.g., trying to edit the filename of a
> selected icon in windows -- _infuriating_!), it just seems like poor 
> design.

This is probably the reason why Motif/CDE uses mouse-2 to drag.  No risk
of starting a drag when an ordinary click with mouse-1 was intended.

        Jan D.