Re: [gtk-list] Widget user interface comments

[Jan Gentsch <gentsch ifm uni-hamburg de>]

Michael Babcock wrote:

> Here's a list of ways I think Gtk widgets can be improved from a
> user's point of view.  This is with Gtk 1.0.5.
> ...
> Entry
> -----
>
> Although you can doubleclick to select a word, you can't
> doubleclick-drag to select multiple words a word at a time.
>
> When you have something selected, perhaps pressing the left arrow key
> should move the cursor to the left of the selection, and the right
> arrow key to the right of the selection, rather than just moving the
> previously invisible cursor left or right inside the selection. I'm
> not sure about this one, but it would be something to try. I vaguely
> remember Windows doing this but don't have access to a contaminated
> machine to check.

I like to add to that. There is still missing a overstrike mode for the entry
and text widget. This is something I find really annoying, as most people do
when things don't work right away as they expect ;-) . (I am taking care of a
number of win/os2->linux swappers at work).

Jan