Add meta key in Mouse Event

[loicknuchel]

Hi,

I saw that meta key is not provided on purpose for Mouse Event because it's not supported on Linux (https://github.com/mpizenberg/elm-pointer-events/blob/master/src/Html/Events/Extra/Mouse.elm#L110) Still, on Mac, this key is the most used one, like the ctrl key in Linux, and with this choice I can't provide a ctrl+click experience on Mac.

Do you have a workaround for that? (except from opt-out from the decoder). Would you consider changing that or providing a workaround?

Thanks

[mpizenberg]

Hi Loïc, I haven't thought too much about it. I'm not super available right now as I'm changing jobs and changing cities (moving from Caen to Toulouse). But if you have ideas on how to improve that in a way that is cross platform don't hesitate to let me know. We can also take few minutes to discuss this over a call (let me know via slack is probably the easiest).

Otherwise, my feeling is that I see elm-pointer-events as an easy to use package to prototype UXs, but then I usually just extract the decoders I need from the code to have something more tailored and performant. So don't hesitate to just extract and copy paste whatever you need.

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Hi,

I saw that meta key is not provided on purpose for Mouse Event because it's not supported on Linux ( https://github.com/mpizenberg/elm-pointer-events/blob/master/src/Html/Events/Extra/Mouse.elm#L110 ) Still, on Mac, this key is the most used one, like the ctrl key in Linux, and with this choice I can't provide a ctrl+click experience on Mac.

Do you have a workaround for that? (except from opt-out from the decoder). Would you consider changing that or providing a workaround?

Thanks

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[mpizenberg]

If we want to add it, one option is to decode and fall back to either False or the Ctrl key.

[lydell]

Also note that ctrl+click on macOS opens the context menu and does not trigger any event in JavaScript.

Alternatives:

• Also remove support for ctrl since it’s not cross platform either.
• Expose both ctrl and meta/cmd and let the user handle it.
• Expose a single field called something that is ctrl || meta. That’s how I usually implement keyboard shortcuts on the web to support both Windows/Linux and macOS at the same time. Not sure if this excludes any use cases though.

Thanks for the pointer (no pun intended) about copying the parts I need and only using this for prototyping. The app I’m working on is definitely graduating from prototype stage now and needs cmd shortcuts on macOS.

[mpizenberg]

The option I prefer would be to support both ctrl and meta, with decoders defaulting to false if the key is not available. If anyone wants to implement this, I'd be happy to include it.

[mpizenberg]

Thanks both, for the issue and PR. The update with the support of the meta key is now published as version 5.0.0