From 627efc3b2620d75fcf2deab170187ba2e082417c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tv <tv@krebsco.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 21:43:41 +0100
Subject: dashboard: pin with middle button

---
 src/api/dashboard/dashboard.html | 43 +++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/api/dashboard/dashboard.html')

diff --git a/src/api/dashboard/dashboard.html b/src/api/dashboard/dashboard.html
index afb8ea5..7125ad9 100644
--- a/src/api/dashboard/dashboard.html
+++ b/src/api/dashboard/dashboard.html
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
         class="toggle">messages: on</button></div>
       <div class="legend">
         <span class="hint">drag to pan, wheel or pinch to zoom, turn with two fingers;
-          drag a node to move it, double-click it to pin it there or let it go</span>
+          drag a node to move it, middle-click it to pin it there or let it go</span>
       </div>
     </div>
     <svg id="graph"><g id="view"><g id="flows" pointer-events="none"></g></g></svg>
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ function renderGraph() {
       (dormant ? " (dormant)" : "") +
       (clock && clock.off ? " (clock " + seconds(clock.offsetMs) + " off the swarm's, ±" +
         clock.withinMs + " ms)" : ""));
-    // Pinned (double-clicked): a dot in the middle.
+    // Pinned (middle-clicked): a dot in the middle.
     const pin = pinned.has(id) ? [drawing("pin " + id, "circle", { cx: p.x, cy: p.y, r: 2,
       fill: member.self || reported ? "var(--panel)" : "var(--fg)",
       "pointer-events": "none" })] : [];
@@ -1613,21 +1613,20 @@ graph.addEventListener("pointerdown", event => {
 // Not the browser's drag and drop of the picture.
 graph.addEventListener("dragstart", event => event.preventDefault());
 // A node: dragged, it moves, held where the pointer is (`grabbed`) until let go; a click,
-// it is in focus; a second one soon after pins it where it is (`pinned`: the layout
-// leaves it there), or lets it go if pinned (`unpin`), and so does a second press soon
-// after that drags it (pinned where it's dropped). Told apart here: the map holds the
-// pointer while pressed (`pressing`), so the browser's clicks and double-clicks go to
-// the map, not the node.
-let lastNodeClick = { id: null, at: 0 };
-const DOUBLE_CLICK_MS = 400;
+// it is in focus. A middle click pins it where it is (`pinned`: the layout leaves it
+// there), or lets it go if pinned (`unpin`); dragged with the middle button, it is
+// pinned where it's dropped. Told apart here: the map holds the pointer while pressed
+// (`pressing`), so the browser's clicks go to the map, not the node.
 let grabbed = null;
-// Of the press under way on a node: whether it's the second of a double-click, and
-// whether it moved the node.
-let secondPress = false, dragMoved = false;
+// Of the press under way on a node: whether it's the middle button's, and whether it
+// moved the node.
+let middlePress = false, dragMoved = false;
 function drag(event, id) {
   const p = positions.get(id), from = { x: p.x, y: p.y };
   grabbed = id;
-  secondPress = lastNodeClick.id === id && performance.now() - lastNodeClick.at < DOUBLE_CLICK_MS;
+  middlePress = event.button === 1;
+  // Not the browser's scrolling by the middle button.
+  if (middlePress) event.preventDefault();
   dragMoved = false;
   pressing(event, (dx, dy) => {
     dragMoved = true;
@@ -1639,25 +1638,19 @@ function drag(event, id) {
     // Dynamic: the others follow it at once.
     if (byRtt) settle();
   }, () => {
-    const now = performance.now();
-    if (lastNodeClick.id === id && now - lastNodeClick.at < DOUBLE_CLICK_MS) {
-      lastNodeClick = { id: null, at: now };
-      if (pinned.has(id)) unpin(id); else pin(id);
-    } else {
-      lastNodeClick = { id, at: now };
-      focus(id);
-    }
+    if (!middlePress) focus(id);
+    else if (pinned.has(id)) unpin(id);
+    else pin(id);
   });
 }
 // A dragged node let go of: dynamic, it moves to its place among the others again;
-// dragged by a double-click's second press, its pin toggled.
+// dragged with the middle button, it is pinned there.
 function dropped() {
   if (grabbed === null) return;
   const id = grabbed;
   grabbed = null;
-  if (dragMoved && secondPress) {
-    lastNodeClick = { id: null, at: 0 };
-    if (pinned.has(id)) unpin(id); else pin(id);
+  if (dragMoved && middlePress) {
+    pin(id);
     return;
   }
   if (byRtt) settle();
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