GNU bug report logs - #71435
interactive xref-find-definitions-at-mouse

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Message #17 received at 71435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Alan Donovan <adonovan <at> google.com>
Cc: 71435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71435: interactive xref-find-definitions-at-mouse
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 14:29:59 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 11:28:34 -0400
>> From:  Alan Donovan via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
>>
>> Many editors allow a mouse-click operation on an identifier, plus a suitable modifier key, to jump to the
>> declaration of the symbol. Emacs provides xref-find-definitions-at-mouse, but I couldn't find a way to make it
>> work in response to a click.
>
> ??? This works for me:
>
>   (global-set-key [C-down-mouse-1] 'xref-find-definitions-at-mouse)

Should we consider adding such a key binding by default?

Is that a feature that users want?

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