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Re: mouse-autoselect-window and menu bar
From: |
Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Re: mouse-autoselect-window and menu bar |
Date: |
Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:17:51 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>>> Do you have a suggestion for how to avoid the problem?
>
>> One possibility would be to select a new window after a short
>> (customizable) delay. During that delay, the user could move the
>> mouse quickly to the menu bar and click there.
>
> I don't like that very much. It'll always be too quick for some uses and
> too slow for others. And if the user has to concentrate to "move the mouse
> quickly", she may as well move the mouse around the upper window so as not
> to trigger mouse-autoselect-window (which is what I do when I'm faced with
> this problem).
What if mouse-autoselect-window was only considered when the mouse is not
moving (i.e. you could move across windows without selecting them -- only
when the mouse reaches the desired target and stops there, that window
is selected.
(Stops there == not moved for 0.5 seconds or so)
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk