Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-08 Thread Richard Porter
On 6 Aug 2010 Dave Symes wrote: > Try pressing the Shift key and holding it down, then Click and hold over > the *http* bit of the URL in the bar, a blank icon will appear, still > holding Shift, drag it to where-ever... No need to keep shift down after the icon appears. I regularly use Shift-d

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-08 Thread Anthony Hilton
In message <5142aedb3bd...@triffid.co.uk> Dave Symes wrote: > In article <4b9fa74251...@rickman.argonet.co.uk>, > wrote: > [Snippy] >> On Adjust 4.42 (A9) and Select 6.10 (Risc PC) I cannot drag the URL. >> What happens is that the URL is highlighted and there is no Save box. >> Jo

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread Dave Symes
In article <5e32b14251...@rickman.argonet.co.uk>, wrote: > >>> Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? > >> It is a very useful facility - pity it only works on RISC OS 5. > > So much misinformation in this thread. > > It does work on RO 6.20 and previous Select versions. > Ok - I have

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread rickman
>>> Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? >> It is a very useful facility - pity it only works on RISC OS 5. > So much misinformation in this thread. > It does work on RO 6.20 and previous Select versions. Ok - I have now got shift-drag to work on 6.10 - this will save file with type URL

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread Tony Moore
On 6 Aug 2010, rick...@argonet.co.uk wrote: > > Steve Fryatt wrote: > > > > On Adjust 4.42 (A9) and Select 6.10 (Risc PC) I cannot drag the > > > URL. What happens is that the URL is highlighted and there is no > > > Save box. > > > That's because Select's icon text selection feature br

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread Dave Symes
In article <4b9fa74251...@rickman.argonet.co.uk>, wrote: [Snippy] > On Adjust 4.42 (A9) and Select 6.10 (Risc PC) I cannot drag the URL. > What happens is that the URL is highlighted and there is no Save box. > John As I said in my previous posting it does work with RO 6.20. Try pressing the

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread Dave Symes
In article <0672ac4251...@rickman.argonet.co.uk>, wrote: [Snippy] > The icon does not give any feed back and cannot be dragged. (Also true > on 5.16) Bwa! I want my mummy. ;-) To recap... Try pressing the Shift key and holding it down, then Click and hold over the *http* bit of the URL i

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread Dave Symes
In article , wrote: >John Williams wrote: > > Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? > > Or is that also too mouse-based? > It is a very useful facility - pity it only works on RISC OS 5. > John So much misinformation in this thread. It does work on RO 6.20 and previous Select v

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread rickman
Steve Fryatt wrote: >> On Adjust 4.42 (A9) and Select 6.10 (Risc PC) I cannot drag the URL. What >> happens is that the URL is highlighted and there is no Save box. > That's because Select's icon text selection feature breaks draggable > writable icons. You would need to check the Se

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread Chris Newman
In article <4b9fa74251...@rickman.argonet.co.uk>, wrote: > <5142a683f1rh.li...@phone.coop> > Russell Hafter - Lists wrote: > > In article , > > wrote: > >>John Williams wrote: > >>> Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? Or is that > >>> also too mouse-based? > >> I

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread Jim Nagel
John Rickman wrote on 6 Aug: >John Williams wrote: >> Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? >> Or is that also too mouse-based? > It is a very useful facility - pity it only works on RISC OS 5. works here in 4.39 -- Jim Nagelwww.archivemag.co.uk

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread Steve Fryatt
On 6 Aug, rick...@argonet.co.uk wrote in message <4b9fa74251...@rickman.argonet.co.uk>: > On Adjust 4.42 (A9) and Select 6.10 (Risc PC) I cannot drag the URL. What > happens is that the URL is highlighted and there is no Save box. That's because Select's icon text selection feature breaks dra

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread rickman
<5142a683f1rh.li...@phone.coop> Russell Hafter - Lists wrote: > In article , > wrote: >>John Williams wrote: >>> Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? Or is that >>> also too mouse-based? >> It is a very useful facility - pity it only works on RISC >> OS 5. > What is

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread Russell Hafter - Lists
In article , wrote: >John Williams wrote: > > Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? Or is that > > also too mouse-based? > It is a very useful facility - pity it only works on RISC > OS 5. What is the effect of ANT URL rather than URL? Shift drag using r10638 under RO 4.02 gives

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-08-06 Thread rickman
John Williams wrote: > Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? > Or is that also too mouse-based? It is a very useful facility - pity it only works on RISC OS 5. John -- Midland User Group - http://mug.riscos.org "Poetry is a MUG's game" - TS Eliot

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-07-31 Thread Richard Porter
On 31 Jul 2010 John Williams wrote: > In article <72011b3f51.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, >Roger Darlington wrote: >>> Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? >> An excellent idea. Wish I'd known about that method before Glad I >> asked a stupid question :-) > A simple drag gives it

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-07-30 Thread John Williams
In article <72011b3f51.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, Roger Darlington wrote: > > Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field? > An excellent idea. Wish I'd known about that method before Glad I > asked a stupid question :-) A simple drag gives it in text format, ideal for dropping into e-ma

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-07-30 Thread Roger Darlington
On 30 Jul 2010, John Williams wrote: > In article <1e9dcf3e51.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, >Roger Darlington wrote: >> If not, I wonder if one could be implemented please, as it is such a >> long, tedious, error-prone (slip off it and you have to start again) >> way to get there by mouse?

Re: Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-07-30 Thread John Williams
In article <1e9dcf3e51.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, Roger Darlington wrote: > If not, I wonder if one could be implemented please, as it is such a > long, tedious, error-prone (slip off it and you have to start again) > way to get there by mouse? Why not just Shift-drag from the URL field

Shortcut to Save Location as ANT URL?

2010-07-30 Thread Roger Darlington
Pressing various combinations of f3 or Shift-f3 or CNTRL-f3 I can arrive at various savings. Is there a shortcut to 'Save location as ANT URL'? If not, I wonder if one could be implemented please, as it is such a long, tedious, error-prone (slip off it and you have to start agai