On 7 Apr 2008, at 6:35 PM, Claus Atzenbeck wrote: > > Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] (no subject) > 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: > >> 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]> > [...] > > It seems that something messes up the messages that I send as reply to > the list. It seems that the mailing list does not like my e-mails' > headers. Sorry about that. > >> 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. > > There is a solution, assuming that the behavior of selecting a > highlighted area and selecting text (behind the highlighted area) is > different: > > - Selecting an area would be a click (i.e. mouse button down and > release) > > - Selecting a text area would be a "mouse down + dragging", not a > click. > > Both should be true for the text selection tool as well as the text > block selection tool (i.e. text selection tool + option key). > > Have in mind that "mouse down + dragging" has no effect on highlighted > areas except selecting the highlight, which can also be done by > clicking > on it. > > "Mouse down + dragging" is used for selecting text in Skim. Why not > use > it for selecting text behind a highlighted area as well? It would be > the > natural choice. Then, clicking would be the only way to select > highlighted objects, which most users would expect anyhow. > > Differentiating "click" from "mouse down + drag" is not even an exotic > behavior for Cocoa applications. For instance, imagine TextEdit. A > click > on a selected text would remove the selection, where as "mouse down + > drag" would drag the selected part to another location. > > Cheers, > Claus
This is not a good solution. I would have to go too far into some technical issues to really explain, but it's not an option. 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
