Re: [PATCH 3/5] input: wacom: Add support for the Bamboo Touchtrackpad (rev3)

From: Ping Cheng
Date: Fri Sep 03 2010 - 11:30:37 EST


On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 09/03/2010 03:01 PM, Ping Cheng wrote:
> [...]
>
>> +     input_report_key(input, BTN_LEFT, (data[1] & 0x08) != 0);
>> +     input_report_key(input, BTN_MIDDLE, (data[1] & 0x04) != 0);
>> +     input_report_key(input, BTN_4, (data[1] & 0x02) != 0);
>> +     input_report_key(input, BTN_RIGHT, (data[1] & 0x01) != 0);
>>
>> Since you are assigning meaningful defaults to three of the tablet
>> buttons instead of using BTN_#, can we move one more step to make the
>> fourth button useful out-of-box too? I am thinking of something like
>> BTN_FORWARD and BTN_BACK while getting rid of the BTN_MIDDLE. So, it
>> would be:
>>
>>       input_report_key(input, BTN_LEFT, (data[1] & 0x08) != 0);
>>       input_report_key(input, BTN_FORWARD, (data[1] & 0x04) != 0);
>>       input_report_key(input, BTN_BACK, (data[1] & 0x02) != 0);
>>       input_report_key(input, BTN_RIGHT, (data[1] & 0x01) != 0);
>>
>> Does this make sense to you?
>
>
> Well, this is all a matter of taste, isn't it. If middle-button emulation works
> out of the box, for the benefit of us old X users who seem unwilling to ever let
> go of the click-to-paste functionality, then I would not mind terribly.

I agree and I use middle click more than right click myself ;). I just
wanted to give BTN_4 a life. If no one has a good suggestion for that,
I can live with it.

Ping
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