[mythtv-users] OSX frontend mouse?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jan 8, 2006, at 9:03 PM, David Abrahams wrote:

> Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> writes:
>
>> On Jan 8, 2006, at 6:13 PM, David Abrahams wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Within the MythTV frontend on my mac the mouse becomes invisible and
>>> inoperable.  At first I thought that was just how MythTV worked, but
>>> then I happened to access the frontend over VNC from a Linux box,  
>>> and
>>> the mouse worked!  Can anyone tell me how to get the mouse  
>>> working on
>>> my MacOS frontend?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Dave
>>
>> Utilities/Setup->Appearance->Screen Settings (second screen in
>> Appearance)
>> There's a checkbox for Hide Mouse Cursor in Myth
>>
>> You'll find that some buttons works with a mouse, but theme-specific
>> stuff probably won't.
>
> Oh, like the top-level menus.  Too bad :(
>
>> Myth isn't meant to be used with a mouse, but there is some support
>> for it left over from legacy code, I believe.  You'd be much better
>> off getting used to not using the mouse. It's faster... really!
>
> I am an inveterate emacs user and I generally prefer not using a
> mouse... really!  But Myth's keyboard interface is so unpredictable
> for me (sometimes spacebar selects/presses the current widget --
> e.g. for buttons -- but if you're on a checkbox it presses the "Next"
> button!?!) that a mouse is much less frustrating.  Also in
> configuration screens with many items it's a lot faster to click the
> *one* I care about.  Furthermore, I'd much rather keep a little mouse
> on my coffee table than an entire keyboard.  Yes, I will be setting up
> a remote, but that will inherit all the same problems of the
> keyboard UI.
>
> There's very little I've found in the MythTV UI that can really take
> advantage of the keyboard anyway.  In fact, it seems like in many
> screens where a keyboard _could_ be really great, the UI only lets you
> use the arrow keys.  For example, when setting the duration or time of
> a recording in the manual record screen I should be able to type in a
> number.  Instead I can only scroll through a list of numbers that  
> often
> doesn't include the exact value I want.

A remote would help quite a bit actually. I've set up mine and I  
never have to touch the keyboard. Full control from across the room  
is nice. :) The only time I ever touch the keyboard is when I enter a  
search phrase.

Also keep in mind that there are major UI changes in the works (from  
what I've read, anyway).