Re: changing primary selection
T T <t34www-gM/[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.graphics.ipe.general |
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On 16 February 2011 00:43, Otfried Cheong <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/15/2011 07:16 PM, T T wrote: >> >> On 15 February 2011 00:09, Otfried Cheong<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Having a bunch of objects selected (read: lots of them), is it >>>> possible to change the primary selection other than doing the whole >>>> selection again but in different order? >>> >>> No, that's not currently possible. >> >> Would you consider adding such a feature? >> >> A bit of background why I ask. I have an ipelet, which operates on >> selected objects based on primary selection. In my case it deselects >> dissimilar objects, but this could be some other operation of course, >> thus such a feature could be of more general appeal. > > Certainly. But it would be good to have agreement on what the user > interface should look like (every time I change something, people complain > bitterly). I'm not sure wdym by the user interface in this context, but I would imagine all one needs is some combination of modifier keys + mouse. Selection is done with shift + left mouse, so shift + ctrl + left mouse would seem like a good choice (I think, this combination is not yet taken). Cheers, Tomek