ct: Re: [Skim-app-users] Select part of highlighed area >> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...]
It seems that something messes up the messages that I send as reply to the list. It seems that the mailing list does not like my e-mails' headers. Sorry about that. > I wouldn't know of any key. All modifiers are used, and non-modifier > keys are out of the question. So "whatever would be available" would > translate to "none" AFAICS. There is a solution, assuming that the behavior of selecting a highlighted area and selecting text (behind the highlighted area) is different: - Selecting an area would be a click (i.e. mouse button down and release) - Selecting a text area would be a "mouse down + dragging", not a click. Both should be true for the text selection tool as well as the text block selection tool (i.e. text selection tool + option key). Have in mind that "mouse down + dragging" has no effect on highlighted areas except selecting the highlight, which can also be done by clicking on it. "Mouse down + dragging" is used for selecting text in Skim. Why not use it for selecting text behind a highlighted area as well? It would be the natural choice. Then, clicking would be the only way to select highlighted objects, which most users would expect anyhow. Differentiating "click" from "mouse down + drag" is not even an exotic behavior for Cocoa applications. For instance, imagine TextEdit. A click on a selected text would remove the selection, where as "mouse down + drag" would drag the selected part to another location. Cheers, Claus ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
