Re: Singe click selection with checkboxes

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <kamstrup daimi au dk>]

With rubberbanding in list view scheduled for 2.14 [1](I hear from 
reliable sources) "cumulative selection" will be possible in both icon 
and list views. Whether or not to toggle selections on overlaps can be 
discussed. I certanly see the benefits, but also the drawbacks for 
inexperienced users.

The benefits from this selection mode is no added UI elements and that 
only one mouse button is needed. On the negative side this selection 
policy behaves differently from ordinary text selection...

[1]: Really just desensitizing all but the name column.

Cheers
Mikkel

Kristoffer Lund�wrote:

> On 9/13/05, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <kamstrup daimi au dk> wrote:
>  
>
> > Why is it that if you make a selection by rubberbanding, rubberbanding a
> > second time cancels your old selection? Why not make rubberbanded
> > selections cumulative? A single (left) click will still cancel the
> > selection.
> >    
>
> Not a bad idea at all, even though I don't particulary like
> rubberbanding for selections of few items, I guess I could get used to
> it. It should be added to list view also in some neat way though. I
> think something that sounded good was mentioned earlier in this
> thread.
>
> Also, I'd add that if so, I think that rubberbanding should invert
> selections. Whatever  is under the rubberband should get toggled. With
> practice I think you could get really effective with that, selecting a
> big group, then unselecting a smaller group within and so on.
>
> Not that I've totally given up on getting my visual and easily
> understood clues, but I do like this suggestion. =)
>
> -- Kristoffer
>
>