From: Peter Gummer <pgummer@decisions-made-easy.com.au>
To: bugs@support.eiffel.com
Cc: 
Subject: RE: EiffelStudio/4198: Suggestion - Pick-and-Drop by double-right
	-clicking
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:15:13 +1100 

 I've just noticed that in the suggestion below I make reference to
 drag-and-drop being a standard function of the right-click. Of course it is
 not. This was a stupid error on my part; please disregard any references to
 drag-and-drop in the suggestion below.
 
 My amended suggestion is as follows:
 
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 I would like to see pick-and-drop initiated by a double-right-click rather
 than the current single-right-click.
 
 A double-right-click would put EiffelStudio into "pick" mode. A
 single-right-click would still be sufficient for the "drop".
 
 Having freed the right-mouse-click, I would then hope to see standard
 popup menu capabilities added to EiffelStudio.
 
 The topmost item in a popup menu might be "Pick", where appropriate.
 This would assist users to learn about pick-and-drop. It would also
 eliminate potential ambiguity when the second click happens over the
 first item in the popup.
 
 Because this change will annoy many existing users, there would have to
 be a "Single-click pick-and-drop" option in Tools | Preferences. If
 enabled, the current behaviour would apply, and popup menus would be
 unavailable (or maybe available only by a Ctrl+right-click).
 
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 - Peter Gummer
 
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: bugs@support.eiffel.com [mailto:bugs@support.eiffel.com] 
 Sent: Friday, 7 January 2005 15:15
 To: pgummer@decisions-made-easy.com.au
 Subject: EiffelStudio/4198: Suggestion - Pick-and-Drop by
 double-right-clicking
 
 Thank you very much for your problem report.
 It has the internal identification `EiffelStudio/4198'.
 
 If you want to add more information to your report or
 reply to our answer, please reply to this message.
 
 The individual assigned to look at your
 report is: EiffelStudio_team. 
 
 >Number:         4198
 >Category:       EiffelStudio
 >Synopsis:       Suggestion - Pick-and-Drop by double-right-clicking
 >Confidential:   no
 >Severity:       serious
 >Priority:       high
 >Responsible:    EiffelStudio_team
 >State:          open
 >Class:          change-request
 >Submitter-Id:   peter_gummer
 >Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan 06 20:15:01 -0800 2005
 >Originator:     Peter Gummer
 >Release:        5.5.1012
 >Organization:
 >Environment:
 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107
 Firefox/1.0 
 >Description:
 I would like to see pick-and-drop initiated by a double-right-click rather
 than the current single-right-click.
 
 Double-right-click would put EiffelStudio into "pick" mode. A
 single-right-click would still be sufficient for the "drop".
 
 My reason for making this request is that pick-and-drop currently usurps the
 standard roles of the right mouse button (i.e. drag-and-drop and to open
 popup menus). The fact that EiffelStudio cannot support drag-and-drop or
 popup menus makes it harder to use, especially for new users.
 
 Having freed the right-mouse-click to perform its standard roles, I would
 then hope to see standard drag-and-drop and popup menu capabilities added to
 EiffelStudio.
 
 The topmost item in a popup menu might be "Pick", where appropriate. This
 would assist users to learn about pick-and-drop.
 
 Because this change is likely to annoy many of your existing customers, you
 would have to provide a "Single-click pick-and-drop" option in Tools |
 Preferences. If enabled, the current behaviour would apply, and
 drag-and-drop and and popup menus would be unavailable.
 >How-To-Repeat:
 >Fix:
 >Unformatted: