Re: [Pan-users] Re: Re: Some remarks about the user interface

[David Kelly]

On Sep 29, 2006, at 8:09 PM, jef_e wrote:

> > Would you explain how you drag-select and what that accomplishes,  
> > please?
>
> Basically, in the Header pane, you click and hold on an article, then
> drag your mouse down (or up) the list of headers, stopping wherever  
> you
> please.
>
> I find it most convenient for multipart articles that I want. Click- 
> hold
> on part 1, then drag until I get to the last part. Let go, then right
> click and save them. No need to touch the keyboard as with the
> Shift-select or ctrl-select.

Yeah, what Jef_e said.

Click-hold-drag-release vs Click-release-move-Shift-Click

The end result is the same, its just that click-drag is simpler and  
widely implemented elsewhere, including most places in old-pan. IIRC  
click-drag does not work in old pan's Task Manager list.

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