Added a pref option to disable "spacebar panning". (default:enabled)

Fixed bugs:
  - https://launchpad.net/bugs/1401593

(bzr r14372)

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
index 49864ccbb..14eaa65aa 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
@@ -1250,11 +1250,9 @@ void InkscapePreferences::initPageBehavior()
     _scroll_auto_thres.init ( "/options/autoscrolldistance/value", -600.0, 600.0, 1.0, 1.0, -10.0, true, false);
     _page_scrolling.add_line( true, _("_Threshold:"), _scroll_auto_thres, _("pixels"),
                            _("How far (in screen pixels) you need to be from the canvas edge to trigger autoscroll; positive is outside the canvas, negative is within the canvas"), false);
-/*
-    _scroll_space.init ( _("Left mouse button pans when Space is pressed"), "/options/spacepans/value", false);
-    _page_scrolling.add_line( false, "", _scroll_space, "",
-                            _("When on, pressing and holding Space and dragging with left mouse button pans canvas (as in Adobe Illustrator); when off, Space temporarily switches to Selector tool (default)"));
-*/
+    _scroll_space.init ( _("Mouse move pans when Space is pressed"), "/options/spacebarpans/value", true);
+    _page_scrolling.add_line( true, "", _scroll_space, "",
+                            _("When on, pressing and holding Space and dragging pans canvas"));
     _wheel_zoom.init ( _("Mouse wheel zooms by default"), "/options/wheelzooms/value", false);
     _page_scrolling.add_line( false, "", _wheel_zoom, "",
                             _("When on, mouse wheel zooms without Ctrl and scrolls canvas with Ctrl; when off, it zooms with Ctrl and scrolls without Ctrl"));
diff --git a/src/ui/tools/tool-base.cpp b/src/ui/tools/tool-base.cpp
index 0f9b3ee7a..b5ffb9e7a 100644
--- a/src/ui/tools/tool-base.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/tools/tool-base.cpp
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ bool ToolBase::root_handler(GdkEvent* event) {
 
     /// @todo REmove redundant /value in preference keys
     tolerance = prefs->getIntLimited("/options/dragtolerance/value", 0, 0, 100);
-
+    bool allow_panning = prefs->getBool("/options/spacebarpans/value");
     gint ret = FALSE;
 
     switch (event->type) {
@@ -582,7 +582,6 @@ bool ToolBase::root_handler(GdkEvent* event) {
     case GDK_KEY_PRESS: {
         double const acceleration = prefs->getDoubleLimited(
                 "/options/scrollingacceleration/value", 0, 0, 6);
-
         int const key_scroll = prefs->getIntLimited("/options/keyscroll/value",
                 10, 0, 1000);
 
@@ -692,10 +691,10 @@ bool ToolBase::root_handler(GdkEvent* event) {
             break;
 
         case GDK_KEY_space:
-            xp = yp = 0;
             within_tolerance = true;
+            xp = yp = 0;
+            if (!allow_panning) break;
             panning = 4;
-
             this->space_panning = true;
             this->message_context->set(Inkscape::INFORMATION_MESSAGE,
                     _("<b>Space+mouse move</b> to pan canvas"));
@@ -742,7 +741,7 @@ bool ToolBase::root_handler(GdkEvent* event) {
 
         switch (get_group0_keyval(&event->key)) {
         case GDK_KEY_space:
-            if (within_tolerance == true) {
+            if (within_tolerance || !allow_panning) {
                 // Space was pressed, but not panned
                 sp_toggle_selector(desktop);