Mouse press events (on mode line, etc) when programming a new major mode

Mouse press events (on mode line, etc) when programming a new major mode

[joao]

Hi all,

I am programming a new major mode, and I'm having trouble redefining some of
the usual mouse actions :

- when I split the windows side-by-side, and my window is on the left, I can
  no longer drag the vertical separator between windows, to change window size

- when I split the windows above and below, and my window is above, I can no
  longer drag the mode line to change window size

I created a keymap with make-sparse-keymap, and I've added a few commands. I
can catch a mouse click inside my window, but how do I handle the above cases
?

Thanks,
Joao


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Joao Moreira de Sa Coutinho
joao@teaser.fr

Re: Mouse press events (on mode line, etc) when programming a new major mode

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

joao <joao@teaser.fr> wrote:

> I am programming a new major mode, and I'm having trouble redefining some of
> the usual mouse actions :
>
> - when I split the windows side-by-side, and my window is on the left,
> I can no longer drag the vertical separator between windows, to change
> window size

This doesn't work at all in my Emacs (Carbon backend), so I can't help
you here.  But I don't think that this can be modified per-buffer.

> - when I split the windows above and below, and my window is above, I can no
>   longer drag the mode line to change window size

You'd need to locally modify the mode line (`mode-line-format') to not include
its keymap properties.  But I'd advise against such invasive action,
unless you have a very good reason for it.


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher