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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Multiple Files and Standard File Package
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Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 13:31:23 EDT
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I don't know whether the Standard File Package supports this, but it should,
and I have several times been annoyed that particular applications don't:

The "Macintosh way" of making several selections is "Shift-Click".  Why not
keep selecting from the SFP file menu using the mouse with the shift key
down?  You could see the selected items because they remain highlighted
(scrolling should not interfere, as it doesn't when you do this in the
Finder).  It should also be possible to change disks or drives without
losing the selections (volume name is part of the file name).

To end the selection, one could mouse "Save" or whatever the action button
says, or type a <return>.

I don't like the idea of "continue" and "last file" buttons.  Too much
mousing around.  If you just want to do something with a contiguous (in the
listing) set of files, you should be able to sweep across the list with the
mouse, while holding the shift key.
-- 

Martin Taylor
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