well, this needs more thought

eventMouse.go

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func mouseUp(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 // the right response for the toolkit user's app
 func mouseDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	mx, my := g.MousePosition()
+	log.Info("mouseDown() setting globalMouseDown = true")
 	me.globalMouseDown = true
 
 	var found bool = false
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func mouseDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			log.Info("IGNORE LABLE")
 			found = false
 			log.Info("setting mousedown to true")
-			msgMouseDown = true
+			// msgMouseDown = true
 			return nil
 		}
 		/*
@@ -137,6 +138,6 @@ func msgDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		yOffset = initialMouseY - vy
 	}
 	log.Info("setting mousedown to true")
-	msgMouseDown = true
+	// msgMouseDown = true
 	return nil
 }

structs.go

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ type config struct {
 // deprecate these
 var (
 	initialMouseX, initialMouseY, xOffset, yOffset int
-	msgMouseDown                                   bool
+	// msgMouseDown                                   bool
 )
 
 // this is the gocui way