On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> On 7 Apr 2008, at 6:35 PM, Claus Atzenbeck wrote:
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> > Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] (no subject)
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> > 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
>
>
I found a way to make this work. So that will be available soon, hopefully.
Christiaan
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