Hi again. While we're discussing this, it would be really great if there
could be a strong visual indication of when you are in Edit Text mode. Maybe
something like a different border or background or cursor or something. This
might help the user know which keys do what and what times. Thanks. Mark

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Lars Clausen <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Feb 18, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Mark Dexter wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone. I'm working on updating the .97 documentation to include the
>> Edit Text and perhaps some other new features. I have run into a question on
>> the F2 / Edit Text command. Here is the scenario.
>> 1. Add a flow chart shape and enter some text.
>> 2. Click on the canvas to deselect the shape.
>> 3. Click on the shape and press F2 to start Edit Text mode. If you enter
>> text other than N,M,S, T and other letters on the Tools menu, you start
>> entering text in the selected shape. However, if you enter any of the
>> letters for Tools menu commands, you invoke that command.
>>
>> Is this going to be confusing to users? Is there another way you are
>> supposed to use the Edit Text command? Thanks for your help. Mark
>>
>
> It was definitely my intent when starting text edit mode that one should be
> able to type freely (including special i18 combos) without hitting menu
> shortcuts, while at the same time easy shortcuts should be available when
> not in text edit mode. This is certainly a bug.
>
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