Yes. Not infrequently one needs to select multiple items that are not
contiguous.
>2) Should we support both modes? (i.e. does anyone really need to
>enforce consecutive selections? If so, what for?)
Yes. Very often I would like to select a whole section byjust clicking
the start and end points.
>3) If so, what should we call the property that distinguishes them?
Don't really care. Follow the Motif guidelines so far as possible.
Contiguous/non-contiguous is more correct.
>The first is the use of the control key to control multiple
>selections.
OK, if you can't follow Motif for technical reasons, at least use control
shift for contiguous selection and stay with shift-click for multiple
non-contiguous selection.
Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE (hewat@ill.fr) Fax (France=33).76.48.39.06