Design Team/Sugar Shell Touch Input: Difference between revisions

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: ''John pointed me towards XFixes HideCursor/ShowCursor and that there is a [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650604 feature ticket] and a [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2011-June/msg02029.html patch] for gnome-settings-daemon that Sugar could hook into (out of my depth here, didn't get any working code) --gary''

: ''Apparently John (mentioned briefly in a voice call) has added some hooks for us to easily enable and disable the hardware cursor, not yet investigated the code yet --gary''

: ''[ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/utilities/unclutter-8.README Unclutter] is a very simple utility that hides a cursor if it has not moved. Or maybe we can hide the pointer in tablet (e-book) mode and keep it in laptop mode?'' --[[User:Sridhar|Sridhar]] 19:51, 20 August 2012 (EDT)

* Palette hover/click behaviours

** Single tap of a button with a primary action should _not_ trigger hover delay palette content (to prevent toolbar palettes and help hints obscuring UI after use)

** Touch and hold _should_ trigger full display of palette content (like a right click, no extra delay)

: ''I'm [http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/24460/press-and-hold-or-long-press-gestures-unintuitive concerned] about the undiscoverability of long-press actions, particularly for new users.'' --[[User:Sridhar|Sridhar]] 19:51, 20 August 2012 (EDT)

** Tapping an icon with no primary action should instantly open the full menu/palette, no delay (e.g. Frame right edge buddy icon/s)

* Hide all keyboard shortcut accelerators when booting on touch only devices

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 : ''John pointed me towards XFixes HideCursor/ShowCursor and that there is a [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650604 feature ticket] and a [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2011-June/msg02029.html patch] for gnome-settings-daemon that Sugar could hook into (out of my depth here, didn't get any working code) --gary''
 : ''Apparently John (mentioned briefly in a voice call) has added some hooks for us to easily enable and disable the hardware cursor, not yet investigated the code yet --gary''
+: ''[ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/utilities/unclutter-8.README Unclutter] is a very simple utility that hides a cursor if it has not moved. Or maybe we can hide the pointer in tablet (e-book) mode and keep it in laptop mode?'' --[[User:Sridhar|Sridhar]] 19:51, 20 August 2012 (EDT)
 * Palette hover/click behaviours
 ** Single tap of a button with a primary action should _not_ trigger hover delay palette content (to prevent toolbar palettes and help hints obscuring UI after use)
 ** Touch and hold _should_ trigger full display of palette content (like a right click, no extra delay)
+: ''I'm [http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/24460/press-and-hold-or-long-press-gestures-unintuitive concerned] about the undiscoverability of long-press actions, particularly for new users.'' --[[User:Sridhar|Sridhar]] 19:51, 20 August 2012 (EDT)
 ** Tapping an icon with no primary action should instantly open the full menu/palette, no delay (e.g. Frame right edge buddy icon/s)
 * Hide all keyboard shortcut accelerators when booting on touch only devices