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From: utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Icon Highlighting (was Re: Workbench Discard bug)
Summary: Can't tell if Icons are selected
Keywords: Shift click Ok to discard
Message-ID: <1989Oct13.131838.11717@uncecs.edu>
Date: 13 Oct 89 13:18:38 GMT
References: <4657@ncar.ucar.edu> <1989Oct10.131752.19374@uncecs.edu> <2340@cpsc6a.att.com>
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In article <2340@cpsc6a.att.com>, crs@cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (Nyuck! Nyuck!) Seaman) writes:
> utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis) writes:
> < hull@hao.ucar.edu (Howard Hull) writes:
> < < [ Description of perils of discarding shift-selected files ]
> < [I say select in the background before shift-selecting]
> 
> I've seen this answer in several responses, but I am confused.  If you
> want to shift-select a group of icons, you don't need the shift key
> depressed for the first selection; only the second and subsequent
> selections require it.  By NOT depressing the shift key when you make
> your first selection, any other selected drawer and/or file icons will be
> de-selected automagically :-).

You are correct, of course.  I am paranoid, of course.  Because so
many Icons these days have alternate images and multiple colors, it
has become difficult to distinguish at first glance whether some
Icons are selected or not.  I have to toggle them back and forth
a few times to be sure (and to see the 2-frame long movie:-).  This
has caused me to develop the habit of clicking in the background,
and it carries over into the rest of my life, e.g., deleting files.

> It would seem to me that never shift-selecting a first selection would
> be a good habit to develop.

Again, you are correct.  Developing modes of operation which are
consistent for various functions is also a good habit.

Also, (not a flame) I try never to depress my keys.  I have happy
keys all over my keyboard, which I often press into service, but
they serve with pride and joy--they are never depressed.  :-)
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