[Geany] [Geany-devel] Incompatible UI change, removal of actions from ctrl-click

[Davide Andreoli]

2012/5/29 Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com>:
> On 29 May 2012 02:45, Dimitar Zhekov <dimitar.zhekov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:25:19 +0200
>> Colomban Wendling <lists.ban at herbesfolles.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I also think that if we want to keep a mouse binding for "go to tag", we
>>> could choose something less common -- Ctrl+Alt, Super, whatever uncommon
>>> modifier.  Do we want to keep one?
>>
>> Maybe Alt+Click under *nix, and either Alt+ or Ctrl+ Click under
>> Windows, depending on which modifier does rectangle selection. In my WM
>> Alt+Click triggers move window, but after a short timeout.
>
> As you say alt+click is used by window managers so thats not
> appropriate (even if it has a timeout, hesitation will cause different
> behavior).
>
> IMHO no Geany function is *so* important that it should be exclusively
> bound to mouse clicks, potentially blocking something else, so I don't
> think we should keep such a binding.

agree on both

>
>
>>
>>> Finally, although it's probably obvious, the multi-select feature should
>>> have a keybinding.
>>
>> Cursor movement clears at least the primary selection, and multicursors
>> clears all selections on arrow. Since the keyboard navigation is
>> problematic, I'm not sure how useful a keybinding will be.
>
> The HIG defines ctrl-<cursor key> to move the cursor without modifying
> the selection, but unfortunately Scintilla binds these to move by word
> :(  If that was fixed it would work ok.
>
>>
>> --
>>
>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:50:41 +0200
>> Colomban Wendling <lists.ban at herbesfolles.org> wrote:
>>
>>> IMO Replace and Toggle Case must be updated to work properly.
>>
>> On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:59:46 +1000
>> Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Just document them to only work on single selection would be ok.
>>
>> Or block them for now if multiply selections exist?
>> SCI_GETSELECTIONS.
>
> Maybe, but then how do you tell the user? dialog? etc IMHO it gets too
> much code for too little return.

i just updated "replace in selection" to correctly handle multiselections,
it's on my enable-multislection branch

...but still i cannot find the "toggle case" command :/

davemds

>
>>
>>> "Rectangular selections are handled as multiple selections although
>>> the original rectangular range is remembered so that subsequent
>>> operations may be handled differently for rectangular selections. For
>>> example, pasting a rectangular selection places each piece in a
>>> vertical column." from Scintilla.
>>>
>>> Doesn't say how its "remembered" though.
>>
>> IIRC, the main (stream) and rectangular selections are stored as caret
>> position + anchor position + caret virtual space + anchor virtual
>> space, similar to ScintillaDoc.html#SelectionAndInformation api-s.
>
> Maybe I'm having a bad day, but how does that tell us it is
> rectangular vs multiple?
>
> Cheers
> Lex
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