Re: [Nautilus-list] select all, unselect all and invert selection patch

[Kevin Vandersloot <kfv101 psu edu>]

On 11 Jul 2001 23:41:36 +0200, Christian Rose wrote:
> Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > Kevin Vandersloot <kfv101 psu edu> writes:
> > > You can do this already. Just select all, and then select each file
> > > you want to unselect holding down the alt key. You can even drag
> > > unselect while holding the alt key. It seems to me the Invert
> > > Selection is a bit esoteric and there is no need to add another item
> > > to Nautilus' busy menus if the feature will not be used very
> > > much. I, for one, very rarely want to perform the action you refer
> > > to.
> 
> I tried this in 1.0.4 but could not get it to work. Pressing Alt when
> selecting individual already selected files did not make anything
> happen. Maybe you meant the shift key? It does unselect previously
> unselected items when clicking them.
> 

Oops. It's ctrl. 

> 
> > Yup. Cluttered menus bad. Soon you end up with a huge usability
> > problem.
> > 
> > Every feature has a price...
> 
> "Usability by removing menu entries" has both advantages and
> disadvantages. It may make the interface cleaner, but at the same time
> you may remove a necessary hint that helps users know the functionality
> even exists.
> 
> 
> Christian
>