Re: [Usability] rubberbanding in gtktreeview

[Carlos Morgado <chbm gnome org>]

On 2003.11.11 18:25, Marek Peteraj wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 16:52, Carlos Morgado wrote:
> > On 2003.11.11 17:14, Marek Peteraj wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > So how do i select 30 items in a list and how shall i proceed if i want
> > > to select discontinuous blocks?
> > >
> >
> > I select the first, hit shift and select the last one. If I try to do the
>
> > block select motion I fully expect the list item to move.
>
> How will a simple user know that ctrl does adding single selection and
> shift does block selecting? It's non intuitive and non obvious.

He learns. That's what people do. It distinguishes from apes.

> How do you deselect a block?

The exact same way I select.  Or I can just start over again and create a new  
selection.

> > Do your lists have
> > extra empty space ?
>
> Gtktrees do have lots of empty space. But RB handles objects rather than

No they don't. I expect clicking anywhere on a row will select it, and  
draging to move it.

> rows.

Exactly. Box selection doesn't make sense for lists.

> >
> > If I want to select discontinous blocks I use ctrl just like I do for
> block
> > selection. How do you select discontinuous blocks using block selection ?
>
> That's not working although if i learn block selections i'd expect it to
> add another block to the currently selected one. For example select from
> item1 to item5 then item8 to item18.

How do you unselect them then ?


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