pointing / 05 of 13

Clicking, dragging and scrolling

Every mode clicks five ways, and all but hint mode scroll with the arrow keys. The grid also drags, from one cell to another.

Clicks

key	action
`Space`	Click
`Enter`	Double click
`m`	Triple click
`Delete`	Right click
`Insert`	Middle click

The click lands where the mode is aiming. In the grid that’s the cell, or the spot in it you picked. In bisect mode it’s the middle of the region, in hint mode the middle of the target, and in free mode the spot under the crosshair. stochos hides the overlay first and the click goes through to the window underneath. Then stochos exits.

In the grid, pick a cell before you click, with two letters or three. In hint mode, finish a label.

On a Mac keyboard, Delete is the forward delete, fn+delete. The key labelled delete is Backspace.

Dragging

Pick the cell to start from, with two letters or three.
Press /. The grid comes back, in another colour.
Pick the cell to drop on.
Press Space or Enter.

stochos presses the left button at the start, moves to the end and lets go, which selects text, or drags whatever was under the start. While a drag is set up, the other clicks do nothing.

Drag the file into the chat

keys·Focus the screen, then pick the file’s cell.Type the column the file is in.Now the row letter.Refine with one more key, or press /.Press / to pick it up. Backspace undoes.Now the column to drop it in.Now the row letter.Refine with one more key, or press Space.Press Space to drop it. Backspace undoes.Tap the file’s cell.Now the row letter.Tap inside to refine, or press /.Press / to pick it up, or tap to move.Tap the cell to drop it in.Now the row letter.Tap inside to refine, or press Space.Press Space to drop it, or tap to move.Pick a cell first, with two letters.Space clicks. Press / to drag instead.Attached. Now try it on your own desktop.Moved on the desktop. Drop it in the chat.Nothing to drag there. Start on the file.“m” isn’t a refinement key.Focus the screen, then pick the file’s cell.

Focus the screen and type. stochos holds the left button down from the first cell to the second, so whatever was under the first comes along.

In hint mode, / starts the drag from the selected target, and you pick the end on the grid. Bisect and free mode don’t drag.

Scrolling

The arrow keys scroll the window under the pointer, a wheel notch a press, and the overlay stays up so you can keep going. Hold one to keep scrolling. Escape closes the overlay when you’re done.

In the grid, the first letter already moves the pointer to its column, so a letter and then the arrows scroll whatever is in that column, without picking a cell.

Scroll the chat to its start

messages: #muses

#general

#muses

#help

#wayland

#hyprland

#sway

#i3

#x11

#macos

#phonto

#stochos

#kyma

#releases

#nix

#aur

#random

the start of #muses

how do I scroll without the mouse?

arrow keys, with the grid up

which window does it scroll?

whichever one is under the pointer

so I pick the cell first?

the column is enough. one letter moves the pointer there

and then hold up?

the grid stays up, so keep pressing or hold it

found the start of the channel that way

sent without touching the mouse

Send

keys·Focus the screen, then press the arrows.The arrows scroll what’s under the pointer.The arrows below scroll what’s under it.The arrows scroll here, or type the row.The arrows scroll here, or refine it.The arrows scroll here, or Space clicks.Scrolling the chat. Keep going up.That scrolled the channels, not the chat.Nothing under the pointer scrolls.Nothing here scrolls sideways.The start of #muses. Down goes back.That’s as far as it goes.That clicked. Here the arrows scroll.Sent. Now try it on your own desktop.“m” isn’t a refinement key.Focus the screen, then press the arrows.

Focus the screen and type. stochos scrolls by sending the wheel events a mouse would, a notch a press, to whatever is under the pointer.

Hint mode doesn’t scroll. Its labels are placed for the screen as it was when they were found, and a scroll would move the targets out from under them. Switch to free mode with v to scroll from a target.