Re: Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-05 Thread Jim Correia
On Mar 3, 2009, at 9:19 AM, mappingman wrote: Selecting a line of text, using the option click in the left margin method, will jump to a different line and select that line if it is identical to the one you are trying to select. This is very annoying behavior. Is there a way to turn this

Re: Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-05 Thread mappingman
Dennis, Not a solution to just not do it. What an absurd thing to say. I am not clicking a line number, I am clicking in the left margin, which USED to just select the line to the right of the cursor. I have used this feature since I can remember. At least since version 5 (I have been using

Re: Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-05 Thread mappingman
On Mar 3, 3:37 pm, Bruce Van Allen b...@cruzio.com wrote: On 3/3/09 at 6:19 AM, mapping...@gmail.com (mappingman) wrote: Selecting a line of text, using the option click in the left margin method, will jump to a different line and select that line if it is identical to the one you are trying

Re: Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-05 Thread mappingman
I searched as well. Dennis pointed out that the option to select a line is now a setting in the preferences. The way to select a line has always been to option click the left margin, until now. Mark On Mar 3, 4:01 pm, Bruce Van Allen b...@cruzio.com wrote: On 3/3/09 at 12:49 PM,

Re: Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-05 Thread Bruce Van Allen
On 3/4/09 at 12:13 PM, mapping...@gmail.com (mappingman) wrote: The way to select a line has always been to option click the left margin, until now. Sorry, not over here. I recall considerable happiness on this list when BBSW introduced the preference option to enable clicking in the left

Re: Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-05 Thread Dennis
On Mar 4, 2009, at 12:02 PM, mappingman wrote: Not a solution to just not do it. What an absurd thing to say. I am not clicking a line number, I am clicking in the left margin, which USED to just select the line to the right of the cursor. Absurd? Absolutely. That's why I followed it with a

Re: Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-05 Thread Dennis
On Mar 5, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Bruce Van Allen wrote: So the option key toggles single-click (in the left margin) line selection -- that sounds right, but... But now it also jumps the line selection to the next identical line, with or without the single-click preference enabled. You might not

Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-03 Thread mappingman
Selecting a line of text, using the option click in the left margin method, will jump to a different line and select that line if it is identical to the one you are trying to select. This is very annoying behavior. Is there a way to turn this OFF? Thanks. Mark

Re: Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-03 Thread Bruce Van Allen
On 3/3/09 at 6:19 AM, mapping...@gmail.com (mappingman) wrote: Selecting a line of text, using the option click in the left margin method, will jump to a different line and select that line if it is identical to the one you are trying to select. This is very annoying behavior. Is there a way to

Re: Option Select Line Jumps

2009-03-03 Thread Bruce Van Allen
On 3/3/09 at 12:49 PM, argent...@mac.com (Dennis) wrote: Option-double clicking on a single word triggers the Search - Find Selected Text command. You can do the same thing for a full line with Option-triple click. Hmm. Not in my BBEdit (9.1.1). And, simply clicking once in the left margin