Right-click dragging to pan

Description of new feature

So currently, only left click dragging either moves nodes around, or clicks through them and allows you to pan, depending on your nodes setting. I’m suggesting (an option) to make right click dragging always pan around and left click dragging always move nodes around.

Motivation for new feature

I have large compound nodes in my graph, so you would always drag them if you want to pan (and have dragging nodes functionality enabled).

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[maxkfranz]

Right clicking is a general gesture that can be used for many things (e.g. context menus). The behaviour for right click gestures and right click swiping gestures can vary a lot between applications. Cytoscape exposes the gesture so apps can use whatever makes sense for the particular use case.

Custom right click behaviour is a great fit for an extension, and several extensions (e.g. cxtmenu) expose custom behaviour in a reusable way.

See also: Why not add an option for that?