As I have already said, this will not do. Mouses do not have “left” and “right” buttons; they have “primary” buttons, which may be on the left or right, and “secondary” buttons, which may be on the right or left. If this goes through, users with left-handed mouse setups will curse you forever.
-- John W. Kennedy "Compact is becoming contract, Man only earns and pays." -- Charles Williams. "Bors to Elayne: On the King's Coins" > On Jan 1, 2020, at 6:43 AM, Marius Spix via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org> wrote: > > Cecause the middle button of many mice is a scroll button, I think, we > need five different characters: > > LEFT MOUSE BUTTON CLICK (mouse with left button black) > MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON CLICK (mouse with middle button black) > RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON CLICK (mouse with right button black) > MOUSE SCROLL UP (mouse with middle button black and white triangle > pointing up inside) > MOUSE SCROLL DOWN (mouse with middle button black and white triangle > pointing down inside) > > These characters are pretty useful in software manuals, training > materials and user interfaces. > > Happy New Year, > > Marius > > > >> On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:04:39 +0100 >> Philippe Verdy via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org> WROTE: >> >> Playing with the fiolling of the middle cell to mean a double click >> is a bad idea, it would be better to add one or two rounded borders >> separated from the button, or simply display two icons in sequence >> for a double click). >> >> Note that the glyphs do not necessarily have to show a mouse, it >> could as well be a square with its lower third part split into two or >> three squares, like a touchpad (see the notification icons displayed >> by Synaptics touchpad drivers). The same rounded borders could also >> mean the number of clicks. As well, if a ouse is represented, it may >> or may not have a wire. >> >> Emoji-styles could use more realistic 3D-like rendering with extra >> shadows... >> >> Le mar. 31 déc. 2019 à 22:16, wjgo_10009_at_btinternet.com via Unicode < >> unicode_at_unicode.org> a écrit : >> >>> How about the following. >>> >>> A filled upper cell to mean click, >>> >>> a filled upper cell and a filled middle cell to mean double click, >>> >> Note that clicking and maintaining the button is just like the >> convention of using "+" after a key modifier before the actual key >> (both key may be styled separately to decorate their glyphs into a >> keycap, but such styling should not be applied in the distinctive >> glyph; there may also be emoji sequences to combine an anonymous >> keycap base emoji with the following characters, using joiner >> controls, but this is more difficult for keys whose labels are texts >> made of multiple letters like "End" or words like "Print Screen", >> after a possible Unicode symbol for keys like Page Up, Home, End, >> NumLock; styling the text offers better option and accessibility even >> if symbols are used and a whole translatable string is surrounded by >> deocrating styles to create a visual keycap). >Received on Wed Jan 01 2020 - 09:09:07 CST
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