Bug 121057

Summary:	mouse gestures should not override middle-click scroll bar behavior
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	klee
Component:	kcm_khotkeys	Assignee:	Lubos Lunak <l.lunak>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.20.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description klee 2006-01-30 20:25:38 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.0)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

This is a usability bug report.  Long story short: I ran into the following problem, which I reported about nine months ago:

Bug 79201: middle button drag on konqueror scrollbars does not work properly

I was once again befuddled, and wasted another twenty minutes of my life figuring out all over again why middle-drag on scroll bars wasn't working.  (Oddly enough, somehow gestures had become re-activated when I upgraded to 3.5.)  The above bug was marked as a duplicate of:

Bug 79273: reordering tabs with the mouse is buggy (regression)

which was closed as WONTFIX.  I think that, regardless of what you think of mouse gestures, they should not override the behaviors of visible widgets.  Therefore, middle-drag on scroll bars, at least, would behave normally even with gestures enabled.

(I also happen to think that mouse gestures should be disabled globally, but that's an argument for another bug --- see Bug 121056.)

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2006-01-31 11:50:56 UTC

Well, with the current implementation it works this way, for dragging you need to wait the (configurable) timeout. Nobody has written a better implementation.

Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 23:51:17 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-03-04 19:41:54 UTC

As announced in https://pointieststick.com/2023/07/26/what-we-plan-to-remove-in-plasma-6/ and https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Removals, I'm afraid KHotKeys has reached end-of-life in Plasma 6. Accordingly, all bug reports and feature requests for it must be closed now.

Most of what KHotKeys could do can already be done with the newer KGlobalAccel system in Plasma 6. A few features such as mouse gestures and triggering conditions based on changes to window states are not yet implemented in the new system. These will be added in the future if and when resources materialize for them, and/or when a kind soul submits patches to implement them! :) Meanwhile, the 3rd-party "Mouse Actions" app (https://github.com/jersou/mouse-actions) may be usable for implementing your own mouse gestures again.

Thanks for your understanding, everyone.