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#2054
Originally Posted by sulu View Post
Zenity just provides an easy way to create GUI forms that are connected with shell commands. So one could create a form with zenity that has two buttons which call mouse button events via xdotool. There are other ways than zenity to do the same, this was just the first that came into my mind.

Sure, that's true. Frankly, I'm fine with the way the stylus works - also i ED. But for me it's acceptable that some features don't work and I'm aware that other people might have different requirements.
btw: there is a workaround to use OnMouseOver: just tap on a place where a click doesn't matter and then hold and pull the stylus over the element where you want the OnMouseOver-event to happen.

It's the total opposite for me. I still have some problems with the tiny keyboard of the N900, while I have no problem with hitting tiny symbols or menu items with the stylus. But I'll try if I can find a way to implement a d-pad during the weekend.
Honestly i dont like the keyboard either so i use xvkbd...
(But i think that the hardest part with the stylus is that it is always into mouseclick-mode. So if the mouseclick could be separated from the stylus, then that would also make it much more reliable, maybe a zenitybutton on the side? hmm. no that would move the mouse ... the camerabutton would have been perfect there )

But i have been thinking about the pad for a while now...
From what i understand a transparent paintarea that covers the Whole screen is necessary to catch all the mouseevents, with buttons for mouseclick and mouselock.
Maybe even with a button to fold up a screenkeyboard, and a button to shrink it into a icon to get it out of the way when the stylus method is more preferable.
-Then all three types of inputs will be aviable within reach of the *fingertips*

Not necessary for me since i have very good eyes, but maybe for others, would be to have a button that converts the paintarea into a magnifying glass, magnifying the area around the mouseposition.

-What do you think? would this be a good overall improvement?
This is probably a lot more than xdotool can handle i suppose...