From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxgOR-0008Vb-Ly for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:17:47 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxgOP-0008Un-7q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:17:46 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43578 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KxgOO-0008Ug-Oi for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:17:44 -0500 Received: from smtp.eu.citrix.com ([62.200.22.115]:56387) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxgOO-0002tL-PQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:17:44 -0500 Message-ID: <4911819A.6040107@eu.citrix.com> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:20:58 +0000 From: Stefano Stabellini MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 2] sdl usability improvements References: <49109603.5060001@eu.citrix.com> <49109F10.5070005@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <49109F10.5070005@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Anthony Liguori wrote: > Click-to-grab gets disabled when using -usbdevice tablet. Argh, I wasn't aware of this. Better this way, no need for a new (ugly) command line option. > I don't fully grok how this makes things better. This seems like a > nasty little hack too. When you leave the window, the mouse disappears > into one side of the screen, and when you come back, you have to move to > where ever you were previously. > > I understand how this could be useful with -no-grab, but this would > defeat the sort of behavior that I commonly rely on when using grab > (ungrab with a mouse in a convenient place, then come back and click on > a button). > > What's the user experience you are aiming for here? The pointer-hide patch is useful if you have more than an open qemu window and you are moving your mouse between them: you don't want to see more than a pointer on screen. > The later mouse hiding patch makes more sense in absolute mode. > However, the current patch doesn't limit itself to absolute mode. I > would consider that a requirement for merging. > The changes you suggested make good sense, I'll repost only the second patch with this change.