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Hi Chris.<div><br></div><div>> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px">Hmm, no, I don't think so. Swipe select is very common -- like </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px">swiping characters in text, or cells of a spreadsheet</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px">Ah, that's right. In the Windows Explorer, there has always been a conflict between click-drag-out gestures and click-drag-select gestures. It is sometimes really hard to intentionally perform one or the other.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px">Many touch interfaces opted for having an extra drag handle nearby. Maybe this could work?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px">Best,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px">Marcel</span></span></div><div class="mb_sig"></div><blockquote class='history_container' type='cite' style='border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px; margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;'>
<p style='color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;'>Am 07.05.2021 02:02:44 schrieb Chris Muller <asqueaker@gmail.com>:</p><div style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif'>Hi Marcel,<br><br>> Hmm... it is unusual that a normal click can also select a range.<br><br>Hmm, no, I don't think so. Swipe select is very common -- like<br>swiping characters in text, or cells of a spreadsheet, and<br>"MultiselectList" was (is?) the basis of many browsers in VisualAge Smalltalk.<br>In Squeak it's called PluggableListMorphOfMany (used by changes<br>browser) and it's [Alternate] incantation which doesn't lose<br>selections simply because your framerate is too low..<br><br>And, yes, Control was *supposed* to be a modifier key to toggle<br>individuals, but as Jakob pointed out, it's intercepted by the halo.<br><br>All the functions Tim mentioned are currently available via the menus.<br><br><br> - Chris<br><br></div></blockquote>
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