[Ipe-discuss] changing primary selection

T T t34www at googlemail.com
Thu Feb 17 08:17:20 CET 2011


On 17 February 2011 01:42, Tim Hutt <tdhutt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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).
>
> In most software the last selected object is the primary one. You can
> make an object the primary one by deselecting it and selecting it
> again.

Indeed, that's even simpler.  I like it.

Cheers,

Tomek



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