Middle click toolbar button to execute right click script?

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ghost zero
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Middle click toolbar button to execute right click script?

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How about make middle clicking on a toolbar button to execute its right click script? This would be a more convenient way to run the secondary script of a toolbar button. So we don't have to manually go through the right click menu to execute it.

zer0
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Re: Middle click toolbar button to execute right click script?

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ghost zero wrote:How about make middle clicking on a toolbar button to execute its right click script? This would be a more convenient way to run the secondary script of a toolbar button. So we don't have to manually go through the right click menu to execute it.
That's not going to work.

a) If it's right-click that actions a menu with a script then it should be a right-click that is responsible.
b) If one has multiple commands then middle-click won't be any more effective than right-click.
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Re: Middle click toolbar button to execute right click script?

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but it would be useful to have a quick click execution for at least 1 alternate script--in which i suggest the middle mouse click. if there is multiple alternates, then perhaps make it execute just the first alternate.

BTW: originally, i thought right click was a quick click execution, until i learned it was just a menu. the "on right-click" labeling is misleading because i expect it to behave similar to "on click".

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Re: Middle click toolbar button to execute right click script?

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ghost zero wrote:but it would be useful to have a quick click execution for at least 1 alternate script--in which i suggest the middle mouse click. if there is multiple alternates, then perhaps make it execute just the first alternate.
But considering that both left and right clicks can have menus with multiple scripts, how
ghost zero wrote:BTW: originally, i thought right click was a quick click execution, until i learned it was just a menu. the "on right-click" labeling is misleading because i expect it to behave similar to "on click".
Right-clicks have never been instantaneous actions, their standard interaction is to display a context menu.
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Re: Middle click toolbar button to execute right click script?

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then perhaps make it execute just the first alternate

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Re: Middle click toolbar button to execute right click script?

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ghost zero wrote:then perhaps make it execute just the first alternate
This may not be ideal as a user may have his/her scripts arranged in a particular order (alphabetical, numerical, etc) so executing the top-most is not always desirable.
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Re: Middle click toolbar button to execute right click script?

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then perhaps make a third script field option called "on middle click".

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