Mouse actions



What about:
- one button always shows a menu.
- the other is configurable via control panel.
- the third is the context menu.
You can choose which button does what and which keys to modify.

So it will look (here showing my proposed defaults):

Link, move & copy via mouse:
- Assign tasks to buttons:
                 1 2 3
  LMC menu       X O O
  Fast action    O X O    _ Left handed (-> 3 2 1)
  Context menu   O O X
- The fast action button does:
        Alone +Shift  +Ctrl
  Link    X      O      O
  Move    O      X      O
  Copy    O      O      X

Power user will be able to set whatever they want, normal users will get a
consistent design. Btw: the left handed swaps buttons 1 and 3 in the header
and the contents of the columns (it just mirrors the form).

Using rules like "if removable media" or "if binary" will just only lead to
confusion.

Lets the user learn that to move, this, to copy, that, and to link, the
other. No strange rules. Simple rules. Always, everywhere.

GSR
 



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