[Qt5-feedback] X11 mouse buttons in qt4, qt5, and KDE: please, PLEASE review this design.

[Иван Комиссаров]

I think it is out of scope:)

We can support _standard_ mouse (with no more than 32 buttons), but this number is reduced to support only _standard_ buttons (like right/left, wheel, back/forward, etc) and can be extended later (second wheel button for example:))

But anything beyond standard buttons should not be supported in this enum; we can use int/list of ints for non-standard buttons (or just not support them at all).

So i think we need something like 
class QMouseEvent {
public:
    enum StandardButton {None, Left, Right…}; // platform-independent
    StandardButton button() const; // button caused event
    StandardButtons buttons() const; // all pressed buttons
    int specificButton() const; // device-specific button, value depends on manufacturer
};

28.07.2011, в 18:44, Samuel Rødal написал(а):

On 07/28/2011 03:43 PM, ext Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On Thursday, 28 de July de 2011 10:25:17 Samuel Rødal wrote:
>> Oh, another thought, can't we just extend the MouseButtonMask to include
>> more bits in Qt 5? Would 32 buttons be sufficient for any reasonable use?
> 
> Yes, just like 640 kB will be sufficient for any reasonable use :-)

Well, I found an 18-buttoned mouse at least: 
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1566251/-button-mouse-black

Maybe I should get one for testing the new APIs.

Question is, at what point does it go from being a mouse to becoming a 
custom input device, outside the scope of QMouseEvent? :)

--
Samuel
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