translate.google tooltip: Window movement instead of expected behavior

[Martii]

Heyo. I thought I'd give this user script a whirl but found that if I follow the instructions of:

Select word or phrase with Alt key pressed - then hover over an icon below the selection.

... this moves the active window around the screen e.g. KDE has control of that modifier key and mouse drag operation.

Any ideas? I shouldn't have to modify my settings in KDE though. TIA :)

[trespassersW]

So, after text selection with Alt key, KDE starts dragging active window on any mouse movement? did I understand you correctly?

[Martii]

... after text selection with Alt key ...

The moment I press the Alt key and then try to select any text it drags the window instead.

[Martii]

So this is a way to get it working "out of the box" with KDE System Settings:

1. Open this...
   
2. Goto this...
   
3. Change to this...
   
   (Meta key is usually the ctrl key on PC's, or on Macintosh keyboards they can be different keys... they have the command key (⌘) and control key on classic keyboards. For example this:
   )

Additionally this script is "out of the box" incompatible with https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/flashgot/ and needs the following change in FlashGot to work with your script "out of the box":

1. Goto this...
   
2. Change to this...
   

After your "out of the box" script can be activated with the above changes ... then I can change the modifier key to use Ctrl and Alt in your script and restore both KDE settings and FlashGots settings back to "out of the box":

1. Translate this comment...
   

This raises a few questions perhaps with a few requests for enhancement:

• Is there an easy way to change to "Ctrl" and "Alt" e.g. bring up just that user interface on fresh installs of your script without having to use a modifier key?
• Does this user script only translate one sentence at a time?

[trespassersW]

I wrote this just before I read your last post ::
I'd suggest the following:

• Alt-double-click any word in text;
  the word should be selected and script's icon should appear;
• if so, hover over it and, in options dialog, alter these check-boxes:
• Use with: ☑ Ctrl ☐ Alt;
• press save
• thereafter the script will run on ctrl-select combination.

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Does this user script only translate one sentence at a time?

That's Google who stops translation when it detects the end of sentence

Is there an easy way to change to "Ctrl" and "Alt"

Yes, I thought about it. Probably , it is necessary to add an item called 'translate.google options' into Greasemonkey's 'User Script Commands' menu.

[Martii]

Alt-double-click any word in text; the word should be selected and script's icon should appear

Looks like KDE is early binding on keyboard scan codes... so this possibility doesn't work at this time.

That's Google who stops translation when it detects the end of sentence

Well that bites. ;) :) ... EDIT: still a very nice script even with some hurdles.

'translate.google options' into Greasemonkey's 'User Script Commands' menu

That's about all I can think of myself since this script runs anywhere. It is difficult to find a common place in all websites user interface to put something like that. Not sure how you feel about floating preferences on by default "out of the box".

Thanks for your assistance/ears/eyes! :)

[trespassersW]

That's Google who stops translation when it detects the end of sentence

No, I was wrong. Now fixed.
Plus, I have added GM_menu item.

[Martii]

Goes eagerly to try it out :)

[Martii]

WOW! Very nice. Thank you! :) If I could rate your script higher, legally and ethically, I would! Nice work!

[Martii]

Retested on clean and well used profiles with:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:41.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.38 (moz 64 bit build) with GM Port
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:41.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/41.0 (distro 64 bit build) with GM

.... and everything is awesome... closing as you made life a lot easier for new installers with KDE. :) Thanks again and keep up the great work.

[trespassersW]

Thank you Marty for your gentle review.
I'll be trying to maintain my modest script alive as long as I can..