Re: [Q] (and message dragging)

[Jim Mayer <jmayer rochester rr com>]

Oops... minor correction... you CAN drag multiple messages by extending 
the selection with the SHIFT key.  I still think the behavior is 
inconsistent with the way selections work on text.

One of the UI design rules that makes the most sense to me is that 
similar user actions should, as much as possible, have similar 
results.  In this case, since clicking and holding the mouse down 
selects text, it should also select messages.

My two cents.

-- Jim


On 2001.11.08 22:41 Jim Mayer wrote:
> I think that I would prefer the following:
> 
> (1) If the message clicked on is selected, then apply the action to 
> all selected messages.
> 
> (2) If the message clicked on is not selected, then select the 
> message clicked on and apply the action.
> 
> I think that a right click should ALWAYS bring up a non-greyed out 
> menu, and I think that menu should ALWAYS be associated with the 
> object clicked on.
> 
> Actually, since we're on selections.... I just noticed an 
> inconsistency in the way dragging messages works.  If I press a mouse 
> down on a message and then move the mouse, Balsa DRAGS the message.  
> This is inconsistent with the usual interpretation which is to EXTEND 
> the selection.  I prefer to see dragging done by a click on an 
> already selected message.  The other consequence of the current 
> behavior is that it is impossible to select multiple messages and 
> then drag them to another folder... the attempt to drag clears the 
> selection.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
> 
> On 2001.11.08 15:49 Peter Bloomfield wrote:
>> On 2001.11.08 08:42 Jules Bean wrote:
>> ...
>>> Maybe check the message which has been clicked on.  If it's selected
>>> (possibly as part of a multiple selection) apply the action to the
>>> selection.  If it's not selected select (only) it?
>>> 
>>> Jules
>> 
>> That seems reasonable to me--while checking whether the clicked-on 
>> message is selected, we would necessarily find out whether *any* 
>> message is selected, and we could grey out the whole menu if none 
>> is. This looks like a proposal to me!
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