[mythtv-users] Mouse friendly myth?

[Raymond Wagner]

On 10/23/2009 05:47, LuKreme wrote:
> I noticed that all the default myth GUIs are very mouse hostile, as in 
> they cannot be controlled with only a mouse. At the very least, it 
> appears that a mouse and an escape key are absolutely required as none 
> of the GUIs I looked at let you back track up the menu tree with the 
> mouse.

MythTV has never been a program that followed feature requests.  
Development has always followed what direction developers and other 
contributors want to take it.  Being programmed in unpaid spare time, 
myth will always be programmed for behavior the contributors want to 
use.  With all of them having used mythtv for several years, they're all 
used to using remotes, and are not likely to see much utility in a mouse.

If you want keyboard support, dive into the code, spend a few days, and 
write something.  Write a MythUI widget that pops up when you left click 
on any non-button area of the screen.  You probably don't want it 
triggered on movement, because it would get triggered just trying to 
access menu entries, and would be unusable by touchscreens.  If you get 
lost, ask in the 'mythtv' mailing list, or on #mythtv at irc.freenode.net.  
Even a mostly functional if poorly coded patch will get far more 
attention than a feature request without one.