Click and drag with mouse?

[josephlou5]

Hello!

Using mouse actions (https://jtroo.github.io/config-1.7.0.html#mouse-actions), is it possible to hold down left click with mlft, and then move the mouse with movemouse-*, resulting in a click-and-drag?

Example config:

;; Arrow keys move the mouse and space holds down left button.

(defsrc
  up left down rght
  spc
)

(defalias
  up   (movemouse-up 5 5)
  left (movemouse-left 5 5)
  down (movemouse-down 5 5)
  rght (movemouse-right 5 5)
)

(deflayer mouse
  @up @left @down @rght
  mlft
)

But holding down spc while using the arrow keys seems like there is only a sustained click where the mouse was when spc was initially pressed, not following the subsequent mouse movement.

I am on macOS 15.2 using kanata 1.7.0.

Thanks!

Edit: Actually it looks like the mouse click+move+release is registered (e.g., I can move a window's position by going to the title bar, holding down spc, moving, and then releasing spc), but I don't get the moving animation (the window doesn't move while the left button is pressed down, but jumps to the final position once it's released). But sometimes click-and-drag doesn't work, such as trying to drag a file from one folder to another. So not really sure what the differences are.

[jtroo]

What OS are you using?

[josephlou5]

Oh sorry, forgot to put it in. I'm on macOS 15.2 using kanata 1.7.0.

[jtroo]

Seems like macos has some complexities in mouse handling, might need more changes.

#1035
#1122

[josephlou5]

Ah I see, thanks for the linked PRs. Guess it's WAI for now then :)