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"Lasso selection" of controls contained in other controls
I frequently find it cumbersome to quickly select multiple controls that are visually nested in another control (e.g. a rectangle in the background).
Quite often I just try to start a multi-selection by dragging, but of course end up moving the background control instead.
How about a keyboard modifier that toggles selection mode, so that I can start a "lasso selection" even when the mouse down happens to be on a component? (Maybe ctrl-shift, then drag.)
Quite often I just try to start a multi-selection by dragging, but of course end up moving the background control instead.
How about a keyboard modifier that toggles selection mode, so that I can start a "lasso selection" even when the mouse down happens to be on a component? (Maybe ctrl-shift, then drag.)
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Inappropriate?Thanks a lot! Small issue with the current implementation:
When there already is an existing selecting you cannot Shift-Drag-Select from within another element.
When I start the select outside of any elements it works.
However IMHO there is a general conflict with the meaning of SHIF for _adding_ to the selection.
Currently when shift-drag-selecting any previous selection is cleared.
It would be more consistent and more powerful if the newly selected elements would be added to the existing selection.
How about switching to ALT for the "start-lasso-selection-on-existing-element-drag" modifier?
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This is one of the best points
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Let me try ALT, although ideally I think SHIFT should work, meaning it should add the newly selected controls to the selection. -
Yep, that's my point: Both modifier should work independently: SHIFT should add to the current selection. ALT should modify the drag on the background to a select. So ALT-SHIFT-Drag should start a lasso selection on a background element that will add to the existing selection.
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Got it, exactly. I'll see what I can do.
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Inappropriate?One more small issue I just noticed when I tried to continue work after posting my last comment.
If the Balsamic (for Desktop) window is not active and you try to shift-drag-select without activating the window before then the shift modifier is ignored. -
Inappropriate?I cant make this work! (most frustrating, since I'm sure it does). could it be a browser issue? (I'm firefox 3.0 on Mac). or version of Air? thx.1 Comment Add a comment
This is one of the best points
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Hmm, just tried FF 3.5.5 on OS X here http://www.balsamiq.com/demos/mockups... and it worked fine. Hold Option and start dragging, the controls behind the mouse will not get dragged around.
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