Am Dienstag, 2. November 2010, um 12.26:23 schrieb Jeremy Palmer: > 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!?
+1 from me too. Marco > > 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 poniedziałek 01 listopada 2010 o 22:19:54 Jeremy Palmer napisał(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 -- Dr. Marco Hugentobler Sourcepole - Linux & Open Source Solutions Webereistrasse 66, 8134 Adliswil, Switzerland [email protected] http://www.sourcepole.ch Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
