I don't know how it works for the rest of you, as it seems many are describing some subtle differences, but for me at least, ever since I installed Vista, Explore has aggravated me for a number of reasons. And one of these is the fact that I can no longer multi-select a group of files the way I used to. Now I must select the first file, then I must hold the shift key down and pull the mouse pointer down the list of files until I reach the last file I want included in the group, where as it used to be that I could click the first file and not have to worry about holding the shift key down at all! I would simply hold it down while clicking on the last file I wanted to add to the selection group. It was much easier that way. But as always, unless you employ the Ctrl key, multi-selection groups in Explorer MUST be made in consecutive order and without skipping any files as you go down the list.
from Robert Meek dba "Tangentals Design" e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freelance Windows Programming for XP and Vista Also proud to be a Moderator of the "Delphi-List" at elists.org "Reality cannot be explained...only enjoyed or endured as your current perspective allows!" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Levis Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:24 PM To: 'Borland's Delphi Discussion List' Subject: RE: Multi select not working as expected in TFileList. That's not what I experience in Windows Explorer. I can click a file; release mouse button; shift+click another file to select multiple files; release mouse button. Now click and hold the mouse button down on a selected file and it starts dragging all the files. This is how it's always worked since Win95 at least. Ross. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CubicDesign Sent: Monday, 18 June 2007 20:41 To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Subject: Re: Multi select not working as expected in TFileList. Doug Chamberlin wrote: > You do need to mouse-down on the final selected item and > then immediately start the drag operation. Isn't this standard behavior? > > I didn't used Windows Explorer in the last 10 years so I went straight in Explorer and 1. I selected some files (shift click) 2. Then I released the click 3. I clicked again on the selection (in order to start the drag operation) and the selection was not lost, like it is lost in TFileList. So I don't think that TFileList has a 'standard' behavior. Maybe I don't use Explorer, but I know that many (majority) users do. This bug appears on the 'fixed bugs list' in Delphi 4. It looks like somewhere on the road, between D4 and D7 it was reintroduced. _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
