Configuration of Mouse Gestures on 0.5

ssstraub · Post by **ssstraub** » December 7th, 2002, 7:08 pm

Update: It works fine. I had to reinstall the mouse gestures right over the top and it worked correctly this time. No idea what went wrong the first time.

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So, we all know the hack to get the right-mouse button to do the work in previous versions (0.3-0.4) of phoenix, since the Mouse Gesture extension author hasn't updated the code.

It was to go into your profile directory and edit prefs.js and change
user_pref("mozgest.mousebutton", 0);

where the 0 is the left button, 1 the middle and 2 is the right one.

As of 0.5 there IS no entry called user_pref("mozgest.mousebutton",0); to change! So where do I go to change the 0 to a 2?

Zaphod · Post by **Zaphod** » December 7th, 2002, 7:16 pm

Are you sure? I have this entry in my prefs.js.
These entries are made by Mouse Gestures:

user_pref("mozgest.delay", 500);
user_pref("mozgest.grid", 15);
user_pref("mozgest.modifier.alt", false);
user_pref("mozgest.modifier.ctrl", false);
user_pref("mozgest.modifier.shift", false);
user_pref("mozgest.mousebutton", 2);
user_pref("mozgest.navigator", true);

Did you have no one of these? Maybe you have to reinstall Mouse Gestures.

legoxx · Post by **legoxx** » December 7th, 2002, 9:03 pm

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/extensions/

use this version, version on optimoz page doesn't work for some reason...

priior · Post by **priior** » December 7th, 2002, 9:05 pm

ssstraub: did u try creating one? cuz mine is working as well.

better yet.. use THIS version:
http://texturizer.net/phoenix/extensions.html#gestures

ssstraub · Post by **ssstraub** » December 7th, 2002, 9:13 pm

OK I got it to work. Had to reinstall it for whatever reason. I did use the texturizer one the first time too. I guess something went wrong.

It's working now! Thanks.

Antity · Post by **Antity** » December 8th, 2002, 8:03 am

In case you prefer to use a graphical menu to set your preferences it is possible to activate the preferences menu of mozgest by modifying a file :
$Phoenix_install_dir/chrome/mozgest/content/content.rdf

here is how i got it to work: i downloaded the mozgest extension, it told me to restart the browser. i closed the browser, and changed all the lines like this one in the file

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<RDF:li resource="chrome://browser/content/pref/preftree.xul"/>

to

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<RDF:li resource="chrome://browser/content/pref/pref.xul"/>

and then restarted the browser.
if by accident you restart the browser before changing the file, the modification won't work anymore (it didn't for me maybe you will be lucky), all you have to do is "reinstall" the gestures extension and change the file before restarting the browser this time

hope that helps

edit :

And before anyone asks, i installed the mouse gesture extension from :
http://texturizer.net/phoenix/extensions.html

netsonic · Post by **netsonic** » January 16th, 2003, 11:15 pm

1.before anyone asks, i installed the mouse gesture extension from :
http://texturizer.net/phoenix/extensions.html

2.restart your broswer

3.close it.

4.go to

chrome\overlayinfo\browser\content

open overlays.rdf
chrome://browser/content/pref/preftree.xul
to
chrome://browser/content/pref/pref.xul

Good Luck

Ricebowl · Post by **Ricebowl** » January 30th, 2003, 3:33 pm

Sometimes my gestures don't register. Does anyone know why, or is it just buggy?

priior · Post by **priior** » January 30th, 2003, 7:13 pm

i reverted back tot he previous version (.3.4 i think) and the all the mouse gestures are working now.

(i had a similar problem.. my first gesture didnt register)

Ricebowl · Post by **Ricebowl** » January 30th, 2003, 9:45 pm

I thought that version didn't work with Phoenix?

priior · Post by **priior** » January 30th, 2003, 9:53 pm

that's what the website leads you to believe... but it works for me

Configuration of Mouse Gestures on 0.5

Configuration of Mouse Gestures on 0.5

use this version

I find a new method to activate preferences menu of mozgest