Re: 1.4.1 minor issues

Le Vendredi 1 Décembre 2006 03:01, Steven Karp a écrit :
> The issue that's been around for a while: Imagine that you have a large
> directory full of images.  You're weeding through them and tossing most of
> them out.  For convenience's sake, let's suppose that you decide to get rid
> of all of the images with filenames starting with L through P.  You hit L
> and the first file starting with L is selected.  Now you hit Shift-Q and
> the first file starting with Q is selected.  Hit Delete and note that the
> confirmation dialog shows only the Q file.  Cancel the deletion and then do
> L, Shift-Q, Shift-Left Arrow.  Now *all* of the files from L through P are
> selected.  So we've got an inconsistency in the behaviour: Either Shift-Q
> should select all files from the first L to the first Q (which is what I
> expected, since the Shift key is on) *or* the Shift-Left Arrow should only
> select the last P file and the first Q file.

I think the behavior is correct IMO: using shift+arrow let you extend the 
selection. That's the way it works in other KDE applications.

> The new issue: In previous releases, it was possible to use Shift-Home and
> Shift-End to select a range of files (as in the previous case).  In 1.4.1,
> this does not work -- Shift-Home and Shift-End don't do anything.

Very strange, I don't remember I tweaked the file view a lot, so there 
shouldn't have been any change here. Will investigate.

> Possibly related to both issues:  Try this sequence:
> Select any file in the middle of the directory.  Hit Home and the first
> file is selected (or End to select the last file).  Now hit Shift-Arrow. 
> All files between the current file and the file that was selected before
> you hit Home or End are selected.  Shouldn't unshifted Home and End discard
> any knowledge of previous selections in the same way that clicking a file
> or hitting a letter key does?

You are right. I will have a look at this.

Aurélien

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