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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 30 2002 - 10:41:11 CST

Hi David,
  Thanks for the suggestion, we'll see what we can do regarding better
mouse configurability. This is actually a problem at the moment since there
are now people using VMD on MacOS X where people typically use 1-button mice,
so we have a range of hardware we have to figure out how to support well.
The best thing would be for us to make the mouse behavior configurable,
as no single set of default behaviors pleases everyone, but so far we haven't
had time to tackle that problem. Charles Schwieters also gave us some mose
handling patches previously, and we've had the same problem integrating
those into the code. If there's time, we'll take a look at doing something
about the mouse and multiple behaviors for VMD 1.8, but I can't make any
promises at the moment. As it is we're pressed for time and its hard to
actually code and help the user community at the same time. :)

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:02:15PM +1100, David Chalmers wrote:
> Dear VMD developers,
>
> While we are on the subject of feature requests - would it be possible to
> include support for 3-button mice (as an option on the mouse panel)?
>
> When using VMD on SGI systems I really miss the type of control that is
> available in Insight or Sybyl:
>
> The button combinations in Insight are:
>
> Right button: Rotate molecule
> Middle: Translate
> Left: Select
> L + R: Rotate around Z axis
> M + R: Scale molecule
> M + L: Translate along Z axis
>
> As far as I know, holding all three buttons down does not do anything.
> This combination could be used to cycle the molecule through all the
> colours of the rainbow - or something else entertaining....
>
> Keep up the good work.
>
> David
>
>
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