emojis for mouse buttons?

[Marius Spix via Unicode]

Cecause the middle button of many mice is a scroll button, I think, we
need five different characters:

LEFT MOUSE BUTTON CLICK (mouse with left button black)
MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON CLICK (mouse with middle button black)
RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON CLICK (mouse with right button black)
MOUSE SCROLL UP (mouse with middle button black and white triangle
pointing up inside)
MOUSE SCROLL DOWN (mouse with middle button black and white triangle
pointing down inside)

These characters are pretty useful in software manuals, training
materials and user interfaces.

Happy New Year,

Marius



On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:04:39 +0100
Philippe Verdy via Unicode <unicode at unicode.org> WROTE:

> Playing with the fiolling of the middle cell to mean a double click
> is a bad idea, it would be better to add one or two rounded borders
> separated from the button, or simply display two icons in sequence
> for a double click).
> 
> Note that the glyphs do not necessarily have to show a mouse, it
> could as well be a square with its lower third part split into two or
> three squares, like a touchpad (see the notification icons displayed
> by Synaptics touchpad drivers). The same rounded borders could also
> mean the number of clicks. As well, if a ouse is represented, it may
> or may not have a wire.
> 
> Emoji-styles could use more realistic 3D-like rendering with extra
> shadows...
> 
> Le mar. 31 déc. 2019 à 22:16, wjgo_10009 at btinternet.com via Unicode <
> unicode at unicode.org> a écrit :  
> 
> > How about the following.
> >
> > A filled upper cell to mean click,
> >
> > a filled upper cell and a filled middle cell to mean double click,
> >  
> Note that clicking and maintaining the button is just like the
> convention of using "+" after a key modifier before the actual key
> (both key may be styled separately to decorate their glyphs into a
> keycap, but such styling should not be applied in the distinctive
> glyph; there may also be emoji sequences to combine an anonymous
> keycap base emoji with the following characters, using joiner
> controls, but this is more difficult for keys whose labels are texts
> made of multiple letters like "End" or words like "Print Screen",
> after a possible Unicode symbol for keys like Page Up, Home, End,
> NumLock; styling the text offers better option and accessibility even
> if symbols are used and a whole translatable string is surrounded by
> deocrating styles to create a visual keycap).

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