In acme, button-3 can cancel a button-2 execute. Say you button-2-sweep a
command, but then decide, err, no, don't want to do that, you chord-click
button-3 to cancel the execution. Not sure about other ways of doing this.


Robby


On 21 July 2014 14:08, dante <subscriptions@posteo.eu> wrote:

> Dear 9fans,
>
> Is there any situation (i.e., GUI area) where both the 2nd *and* the 3rd
> mouse button are indispensable options?
> Except for chording.
>
> Would it be possible to create the option of merging these two buttons for
> machines not blessed with the traditional rodent?
>
> I ask this because 3-button-mice (*not* 2-button-and-wheel) are almost
> impossible to find nowadays.
> Moreover, many notebooks have good touchpads to be used in situations when
> mice are impractical (on train, on the lap).
> These interfaces present pretty nice solutions for button-1 and button-3,
> but it's hard to impossible to do a button-2 click.
>
> In Acme, for instance, you generally need button-3 in the text area and
> button-2 in the menu area.
> I'm not sure when button-2 in the text area and button-3 in the menu area
> would be indispensable.
> In Rio, you generally need button-3 when you click outside the focused
> window and button-2 when you click inside the focused window.
>
> Cheers,
> Dante
>
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