On 7 Apr 2008, at 4:39 PM, Claus Atzenbeck wrote: > > Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] Select part of highlighed area > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (OSX 962 2008-03-14) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> No, the highlight will overlay the text, so you won't be able to >> select it. We already override it so far that you can select behind >> transparent parts of the highlight (something PDFKit cannot do). But >> we cannot do this for non-transparent parts. That would make it >> impossible to select the highlight. > > What about an alternative behavior? The standard behavior would select > the highlight (as it is now), an additional key pressed (whatever one > would be available) would force Skim to ignore any mark and highlight > the actual PDF text. Possibly even a switch in the tool bar or so. > > Cheers, > /CA
I wouldn't know of any key. All modifiers are used, and non-modifier keys are out of the question. So "whatever would be available" would translate to "none" AFAICS. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
