Ticket #3533 (closed defect: notabug)

Opened 13 months ago

Last modified 11 months ago

Click with middle button

Reported by: humitos Owned by: erikos
Priority: Low Milestone: Unspecified by Release Team
Component: Browse Version: Unspecified
Severity: Unspecified Keywords:
Cc: Distribution/OS: Unspecified
Bug Status: Unconfirmed

Description

When you click on a link with the middle button the new page is loaded in the same tab instead opening a new one.

The default behaviour of Epiphany is "open the link in a new tab"

Change History

Changed 13 months ago by walter

Use the middle button is outside of the scope of the Sugar design guidelines (in the same category as double clicks).

Changed 11 months ago by manuq

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to notabug

Yes, as Walter said, Sugar design is not intended to be used with a three buttons mouse, not even a mouse, only trackpad with two buttons.

From  http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Sugar_Interface/Input_Systems#Trackpad

the laptops have two buttons positioned beneath the trackpad for input. The left button is the primary button with which elements of the interface are selected, pressed, or activated. The right button has secondary functionality. Typically, the right mouse button invokes contextual menus, the content of which pertains directly to the interface element the mouse is positioned over.

Changed 11 months ago by walter

As we move towards touch support, et al., to add dependencies on more mouse buttons seems like a step in exactly the wrong direction.

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