* wid-edit.el (widget-button-click-moves-point): New variable.

[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / wid-edit.el

diff --git a/lisp/wid-edit.el b/lisp/wid-edit.el
index e518fff..5d8580e 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/wid-edit.el
+++ b/lisp/wid-edit.el
@@ -912,6 +912,10 @@ Recommended as a parent keymap for modes using widgets.")
 ;; backward-compatibility alias
 (put 'widget-button-pressed-face 'face-alias 'widget-button-pressed)
 
+(defvar widget-button-click-moves-point nil
+  "If non-nil, `widget-button-click' moves point to a button after invoking it.
+If nil, point returns to its original position after invoking a button.")
+
 (defun widget-button-click (event)
   "Invoke the button that the mouse is pointing at."
   (interactive "e")
@@ -922,7 +926,8 @@ Recommended as a parent keymap for modes using widgets.")
             (start (event-start event))
             (button (get-char-property
                      pos 'button (and (windowp (posn-window start))
-                                      (window-buffer (posn-window start))))))
+                                      (window-buffer (posn-window start)))))
+            newpoint)
        (when (or (null button)
                  (catch 'button-press-cancelled
              ;; Mouse click on a widget button.  Do the following
@@ -974,12 +979,15 @@ Recommended as a parent keymap for modes using widgets.")
 
                          ;; When mouse is released over the button, run
                          ;; its action function.
-                         (when (and pos
-                                    (eq (get-char-property pos 'button) button))
-                           (widget-apply-action button event)))
+                         (when (and pos (eq (get-char-property pos 'button) button))
+                           (goto-char pos)
+                           (widget-apply-action button event)
+                           (if widget-button-click-moves-point
+                               (setq newpoint (point)))))
                      (overlay-put overlay 'face face)
                      (overlay-put overlay 'mouse-face mouse-face))))
 
+               (if newpoint (goto-char newpoint))
                ;; This loses if the widget action switches windows. -- cyd
                ;; (unless (pos-visible-in-window-p (widget-event-point event))
                ;;   (mouse-set-point event)