#18186 closed enhancement (duplicate)
Offer "Use OpenStreetMap website style mouse bindings for dragging the map" preference
| Reported by: | jidanni | Owned by: | team |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Core | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
It's so frustrating.
We all know JOSM has reversed left and right mouse buttons for dragging
the map, vs. all other mapping programs and/or websites.
OK, here's my workaround:
Purchase a second mouse, and in .xsession:
set 'Genius Optical Mouse' if xinput --list --name-only | grep -xq "$@" then xinput --set-button-map "$@" 3 2 1 fi
OK, that works! But it also affects clicking checkboxes etc.
So we can't just have a "special second JOSM mouse"
but we have to remember to use it only when dragging the map!
Looking in Preferences, we see
"[ ] Reverse zoom with mouse wheel"
That's great. Offering choices.
OK, but can you *please* also offer:
"Use OpenStreetMap website style mouse bindings for dragging the map".
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Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 6 years ago
| Resolution: | → duplicate |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 by , 6 years ago
(Alas, a simple layer of abstraction would have allowed right hand drivers to drive such left hand car, without affecting mental coordination for weeks following. Alas, hard wiring was chosen.)
comment:3 by , 6 years ago
In fact this boils down to a simple handedness accessibility issue. E.g.,
https://www.google.com/search?q=left+handed+web+accessibility .
(Though we are talking about fingers instead of hands.)



Closed as duplicate of #4760.
No, sorry. You have no idea of the implications, if would require to rewrite an insame amount of code.