At 8:39 am -0700 24/7/01, Geoff Canyon wrote:
>At 10:59 AM +0100 7/24/01, Dave Cragg wrote:
>>In the current beta, after selecting text, clicking down on the
>>selection *immediately* switches to the Drag and Drop cursor, and
>>any subsequent dragging of the mouse will move the selected text.
>
>Isn't this the way it happens everywhere? On the Mac, in Eudora,
>iCab, and the NotePad, it does.
You're right. I should have done my homework more thoroughly.
However, all the "serious" text editing tools I use (word processors,
graphic tools) have an option to turn off Drag and Drop, or allow use
of a modifier key to switch it on. And, with one exception, they all
show an outline box as you drag the text, making it more obvious what
you are doing before it's too late.
Personally, I just don't like Drag and Drop as a text editing method.
Once you start dragging, you're in a kind of no-man's-land with a
live bomb where you can't simply abort the mission. You've got to
drop it somewhere. But if no one else here is bothered, then I guess
the users of my programs won't complain either. But I feel I'm going
to be in the position of making software that I wouldn't be
comfortable to use myself.
Cheers
Dave Cragg
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