Re: UI issue: Text edit mode

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 06:37 -0700, Mark Dexter wrote:
> I think this is a very good idea. I would also add a right-click Text
> Edit option, analagous to the Rename option on File Manager. Mark
> 
> On 8/9/07, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe <sameerds gmail com> wrote: 
>         On 8/10/07, Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk> wrote:
>         
>         > I have my doubts about what would be best for entering.  My
>         ideas so far 
>         > are
>         >
>         <snip>
>         > I'm favoring 3 over 2, even though it'd rule out using '1'
>         for zoom
>         > 100%.  I think 4 would be confusing and hard to code.  But
>         is 1 too
>         > non-intuitive?  Are there better ways?  What do other
>         programs get away 
>         > with?
>         
>         Use the same behaviour as a file manager does for renaming ...
>         click
>         on the text a second time, to enter edit mode.

I'm thinking this will be confusing, given the number of other things
that are being done using the mouse: Selecting, moving, resizing,
connecting, opening properties.

Having a menu entry is a good idea, though I think F2 is not the right
thing for it -- editing text is not the same as renaming, and F2 is not
exactly "at hand", keyboard-wise.  I would prefer something that fits
better in a workflow, which is another reason I'd rather keep the mouse
out of it.

-Lars