11:43:30scymtymjackdaniel: i like the ability to know where the blank area press/release happened. i don't think a special object the re-purposes the pointer event protocol is the ideal interface, though
11:44:59scymtymi don't have a fully formed alternative proposal, but do you think something with two presentation types, say, BLANK-AREA and BLANK-AREA-WITH-POINTER-POSITION where the latter is a subtype of the former and has presentation type arguments for pointer x and y could work?
11:45:38scymtyma translator or command could get the position by decoding the arguments (or implicitly binding) in the usual way
11:46:03scymtym(this may not be possible - as i said, i haven't given it too much thought)