Re: Is there a way to update the cursor position from within a tool?

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On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 12:15:05PM +0200, Karl Günter Wünsch wrote:

> > > That's why I would like to update the cursor position after all of  
> > > the calculations are through to reflect the results.

> > Are you saying that you wish the pointer to be forced to the  
> > calculated corner of a (aspect ratio) constrained mouse movement? If  
> > this is what you mean then I am almost certain this is contrary to the  
> > GNOME Human Interface Guidelines  
> > (http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/index.html).

> What is so wrong in this case to have the cursor follow the only possible path 
> that is within the constraints. Because if you don't then you end up with a 
> pointer position that doesn't correspond to the current selection anymore.

It's wrong in the sense that the mouse pointer never moves by itself,
but only if the user moves the mouse. Apart from that, it would not work with
certain setups like graphics tablets in absolute mode where the
position on the tablet is directly mapped to the position on screen.

> In this case we have a corner of an aspect constrained rectangle selected. 
> Both x and y movements are allowed but as these two have to a strict 
> relationship any movement by the user that doesn't follow this relationship 
> (for every 3 pixels horizontally move 2 pixels vertically) will end up having 
> the pointer and the corner being so far apart that the visual relationship 
> between the pointer and the selection isn't aparent any more. I have found a 
> partial solution to this problem yesterday evening (still some quirks to work 
> out) but the problem basically is only reduced by the code that tries to keep 
> the selection as close as possible to the pointer, there still are times when 
> they end up virtually in different corners of the screen...

The mouse pointer should always be at the X or the Y border of the
selection. IMO this is sufficient.

Tino.

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