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- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 1994 21:19:28 -0400 (EDT)
- From: BLAIR DEAN <bdean@hpb.hwc.ca>
- Subject: Re: [VOTING] Select All
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- In-Reply-To: <2e1c6837@daggskim.ct.se>
- Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9407072116.A1080-0100000@hpb.hwc.ca>
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- On Thu, 7 Jul 1994, Bo Leuf wrote:
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- >
- > > [...]
- > > For Ofir Gals' first proposal following the guidelines that were
- > > initially proposed at the gem-list:
- > >
- > > 1. CTRL+A Select All
- > > 2. Shift+CTRL+A Deselect All
- > >
- >
- > I think the standard should recommend that "Select All" be implemented as a
- > toggle; press the same key again to delselect. Why block two assignments?
- >
- > This makes sense to all I hope.
- >
-
- It makes sense to me. Boy, that's scary. :) I suppose an arguement
- could be made for this scenario. You have several blocks/objects selected
- (following the multiple blocks/objects allowed model,) a number of which may
- not be on screen at this particular moment. A 'Deselect All' could deselect
- _all_ blocks, not just the reverse of 'Select All'.
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