Bug#739577: freeciv-client-gtk: unit/tile info tied to middle mouse button only

[Markus Koschany]

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On 20.02.2014 02:10, pasky at ucw.cz wrote:
> Package: freeciv-client-gtk
> Version: 2.4.2-1
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> the unit/tile info (combat stats etc.) is tied just to the middle mouse
> button.  However, e.g. the thinkpad notebooks can use the middle button
> to emulate a scrollwheel if held, which is extremely useful but
> interferes with this.  (Curiously - just tapping the middle mouse button
> normally retains its function, e.g. pastes in a terminal, but has no
> effect in the freeciv client.)
> 
> I suppose other users of funny input devices might be impaired by this
> as well.  Overally, it would be nice if there was an alternative way to
> trigger this functionality, perhaps ctrl + LMB or some such.  Some
> googling suggests alt + LMB might trigger it on some platforms, but that
> moves a window in X11 (and even in fullscreen mode, doesn't seem to have
> any effect here).
> 
> Thanks for considering this!
> 

Hello,

thanks for your bug report. I'm not sure yet if the developers of
freeciv can really solve your issue. Did you also try to adjust your
mouse settings outside of Freeciv? e.g. maybe this might help you

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MouseCustomizations
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/Trackpoint

That means it could be easier for you to customize your mouse settings
under X differently and map the middle mouse button to another key
combination for example. Often pressing the left and right mouse button
together also emulates the middle button. Other combinations might also
exist.

Otherwise I can only imagine that this is a feature request for the
upstream developers of Freeciv to offer an alternative key combination
for retrieving the same information.

Regards,

Markus

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