+1 sounds good for me. Being also a Linux user I welcome the decision not to use the Alt-key. Also, it is good if all platforms behave more or less the same.
Andreas On Tue, November 2, 2010 12:26 pm, Jeremy Palmer wrote: > At the moment you need to hold the alt key. To do it the other way would > take more work and might be trouble just waiting to happen. > > Ok how about this as a proposal for the select tools: > > Shift: switch to contains select (default is intersects, this will not be > user configurable) > Ctrl: Symmetric difference of the current and new selected features. i.e. > if already selected then remove, if not already selected then add. > > Also add the tool tips - very good suggestion thank you. > > Under this proposal we don't need to use the alt key and all platforms are > the same. The only downside is that some users might get a surprise with > the usage of the symmetric difference functionality - I guess it just > depends on what other software they have been using. > > Can we please get a vote on this!? > > Cheers, > Jeremy > > > > ________________________________________ > From: Alex Mandel [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 2 November 2010 11:37 a.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Minor Irritations > > On 11/01/2010 03:02 PM, Borys Jurgiel wrote: >> Dnia poniedzia³ek 01 listopada 2010 o 22:19:54 Jeremy Palmer napisa³(a): >>> Within the ticket I have added a new patch that allows the user to set >>> the >>> default selection method. For KDE or Gnome this at least allows users >>> to >>> set the main way they want to select features. Not perfect but at least >>> functional. Maybe someone else has another idea? >> >> Milena always has another idea ;) and proposes choosing between two >> modes: >> Mode 1 (Win): >> - alt for switching intersects/contains >> - ctrl for adding features >> - shift for substracting features >> >> Mode 2 (Gnome/KDE): >> - shift for switching intersects/contains >> - ctrl for swapping the selection > > I dislike having a different default, but do like the user being able to > configure their preference. Differing defaults makes writing tutorials, > teaching others and switching machines quite confusing. > > In quick consultation with some other users. Either Ctrl or Shift as the > main Add/Subtract toggle is good (In my mind Ctrl if more obvious a > choice based on other programs, though some like shift because it's > bigger[usually]) > > Would Alt switch from the default of Intersect to Contains only for the > duration of the holding of Alt or does it stick until pressed again? > Either way seems ok, just wanted to clarify. > > Also, if it's possible to show the keyboard shortcut in the Tooltip that > might also help users figure it out. > > Thanks, > Alex > ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > This message contains information, which is confidential and may be > subject to legal privilege. > If you are not the intended recipient, you must not peruse, use, > disseminate, distribute or copy this message. > If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately > (Phone 0800 665 463 or [email protected]) and destroy the original > message. > LINZ accepts no responsibility for changes to this email, or for any > attachments, after its transmission from LINZ. > > Thank you. > ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > -- Andreas Neumann http://www.carto.net/neumann/ http://www.svgopen.org/ _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
