https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154972
Bug ID: 154972
Summary: When clicking a Navigator item while in Extended
Selection mode - don't revert to Standard Selection
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.6.0.0 alpha0+ Master
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
The "Extended Selection" mode allows one to avoid having to keep the mouse
pressed and drag all the way to the end of the selection. Instead, the
selection extends itself and one simply has to get to the endpoint of the
selection.
... except that it's not so simple. If your selection ends in a few paragraphs
or a page away, then - fine, not a big deal. But what if your selection is 100
pages away? Or you don't know where it is, but it has a bookmark? In those
cases you are likely to want to use the Navigator to get to where the selection
ends.
Unfortunately, clicking a Navigator entity (e.g. a Bookmark, but not just) -
reverts the selection mode to Standard, so that when you arrive - nothing is
selected.
This is not a good idea. Let the use decide when they want to quit Extended
Selection mode, unless it's very obvious that they do.
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