[Ipe-discuss] changing primary selection

[T T]

On 16 February 2011 00:43, Otfried Cheong <otfried at ipe.airpost.net> wrote:
> On 02/15/2011 07:16 PM, T T wrote:
>>
>> On 15 February 2011 00:09, Otfried Cheong<otfried at ipe.airpost.net>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Having a bunch of objects selected (read: lots of them), is it
>>>> possible to change the primary selection other than doing the whole
>>>> selection again but in different order?
>>>
>>> No, that's not currently possible.
>>
>> Would you consider adding such a feature?
>>
>> A bit of background why I ask.  I have an ipelet, which operates on
>> selected objects based on primary selection.  In my case it deselects
>> dissimilar objects, but this could be some other operation of course,
>> thus such a feature could be of more general appeal.
>
> Certainly.  But it would be good to have agreement on what the user
> interface should look like (every time I change something, people complain
> bitterly).

I'm not sure wdym by the user interface in this context, but I would
imagine all one needs is some combination of modifier keys + mouse.
Selection is done with shift + left mouse, so shift + ctrl + left
mouse would seem like a good choice (I think, this combination is not
yet taken).

Cheers,

Tomek