RE: MULTIPLE SELECTION LIST BOX

Boyd Sweeney (starnet!apple!puzzler.nichols.com!sweeneyb)
Mon, 28 Feb 1994 16:30:06 -0500

>>The first is the use of the control key to control multiple
>>selections.
>
>I would not like to say that MS-windows is perfect, but, anyway,
>they use shift-click for multiple contiguous selection, and
>control-click for multiple noncontiguous selection.
>
This is for list box selections, right? I understood Scott's
comment to refer to objects.

>Since you will have to port to MW-windows, sooner or later (;->),
>wouldn't be better to have a good start?
>
Hey, Microsoft has been attempting to recreate the Mac interface
for years now. Give them a few more revisions, and maybe "they"
will finally get it right! :^)

>By the way, I find the choice of control-click for clone and drop
>a bit uninspired; I would prefer meta-D, or meta-C + meta-V,
>as in Mac and Windows.
>
I'll admit that control-click has caused me problems on several
occasions when I "thought" I was about to edit a script with an
Alt-double click. However, I still prefer it to a copy/paste;
mainly due to the fact that the pasted object is located directly
above the copied one.

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