Bug 65444 - Umbrello doesn't allow ctrl-click to do multi-selection. Annoying: Shift-click works, but switches back to last used tool.
Summary: Umbrello doesn't allow ctrl-click to do multi-selection. Annoying: Shift-clic...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: umbrello
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Umbrello Development Group
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Reported: 2003-10-03 21:54 UTC by Marc Mutz
Modified: 2003-10-04 20:13 UTC (History)
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Description Marc Mutz 2003-10-03 21:54:53 UTC
Version:           1.2-alpha (using KDE 3.1.9)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.0 3.2-1mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.19-16mdk

Everywhere in KDE CTRL-click allows multi-selection, shift-click is range selection.
Not so Umbrello :-) It used shift-click for multi-selection and shift (alone!) for switching back to the last use tool. Don't you guys _ever_ tried multi-selection? ;-) This must be most annoying bug in Umbrello (it is for me!).

Resolution:
1. Don't use modifier keys to activate actions
2. Follow the KDE style and use CTRL-click for multi-selection

Together, they'd fix this bug.
Comment 1 Sebastian Stein 2003-10-03 23:57:08 UTC
Subject: Re: [Uml-devel]  New: Umbrello doesn't allow ctrl-click to do multi-selection. Annoying: Shift-click works, but switches back to last used tool.

Marc Mutz <mutz@kde.org> [031003 22:54]:
> Resolution:
> 1. Don't use modifier keys to activate actions

What key do you think would be ok to switch back to the old tool (tool used
before)?

> 2. Follow the KDE style and use CTRL-click for multi-selection

Only Ctrl or also Shift?

Steinchen
Comment 2 Marc Mutz 2003-10-04 12:22:13 UTC
Subject: Re:  Umbrello doesn't allow ctrl-click to do
 multi-selection. Annoying: Shift-click works,
 but switches back to last used tool.

On Friday 03 October 2003 23:57, you wrote:
> > Resolution:
> > 1. Don't use modifier keys to activate actions
>
> What key do you think would be ok to switch back to the old tool
> (tool used before)?

Backspace come to mind, or some F key. But _please_ not a modifier 
key...
(I wondered why this was one of the two keys discussed in the docs, 
though. I've never used this hotkey (except when I didn't want to), so 
I don't think the keybinding you choose will be that important).

> > 2. Follow the KDE style and use CTRL-click for multi-selection
>
> Only Ctrl or also Shift?

CTLR-click is mutli-selection. Shift-click is range selection. If you 
know useful semantics for range-selection in 2d (I don't), then go 
ahead. Shift-click might be better used to cycle through overlapping 
objects in a diagram, though.

Marc

Comment 3 Sebastian Stein 2003-10-04 20:13:35 UTC
*** Bug has been marked as fixed ***.