On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:41:39 +0000 Sveinn ? Felli <sveinki at nett.is> dijo:
>?ann ?ri 26.jan 2010 10:13, JLuc skrifa?i: >> >> With some other DTP tools, ALL boxes >> that come across the selection rectangle are selected >> even if all sides are not completely inside the rectangle. >> Selecting lots of boxes requires just a little rectangle, >> giving a comfort and power feeling feedback to the user :-) >Then there is a neat selection 'feature' used in some CAD >applications (the biggest and most bloated): >Selection rectangle from left-to-right selects only those >objects completely 'surrounded' by the rectangle, and a >selection rectangle from right-to-left selects all objects >which are 'touched' by the rectangle area. The direction of >these selection methods is swappable. > >Would that be desireable in a DTP app ? I think that would be very confusing, especially for beginners. I can see the posts to the list coming already - "have I found a bug here?" The first drawing app I ever used was CorelDRAW, a long time ago. It required the object to be entirely enclosed, the same as Scribus. Later I went to other drawing apps which select any object touched. It drove me crazy because I could never completely change my Corel habits. I would go for a user choice in Preferences. But having said that, developer time is thin and there are lots more pressing issues.
