Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?

[Miles Bader]

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:
> Yes.  If you drag mouse-1 inside the current selection you get
> drag'n'drop, if you drag mouse-1 anywhere else it marks.

Note that this particular behavior can be seriously, seriously annoying.

For instance, when you select a region, and get the start wrong by 1
character, you can't just redrag it, you have first get rid of the
region by clicking (outside the region!), and _then_ redragg.

I get stung by this constantly...

-Miles
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