Re: [Traverso-devel] Re: audio clip selection behavior

[Remon Sijrier]

Hi,



> I do think that the simple Select command should be a toggle instead
> of having separate add and remove commands.  

Agreed

> I also think we should 
> add a Select All and Select None.  :)  But I'm still not sure how I
> think these commands should be mapped to keys.

It's allready there with << S >>

> I think I like the feel of left mouse button to toggle clip selection.
>  Especially since any accidental click would be reversible by just
> clicking again, so there's a very low cost.
>
> What do you think of trying out:
>
> Toggle Selection    < LeftMouseButton >, < S >
> Select All               < S A >
> Select None          < S D >

Sounds good, but select all/none will then remain << S >> as it is now, what 
about that?

Thanks,

Remon

>
> Ben
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Remon Sijrier <address@hidden> 
wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> Right.  :)  I understand that, and was suggesting that the restored
> >> clips be added back into the sheet with the same selection status they
> >> had when they were deleted.  My reasoning is that if you delete a
> >> group of selected clips, and then undo it, you want to have the clips
> >> added back to the selection group, because if the user now wants to
> >> Redo the delete action by deleting one of the clips again, it will
> >> only work if all the clips are once again selected.
> >
> > Ehm, why not just doing a CTRL Z then again ? Or hitting the undo button
> > ;-) But it's not too hard to set the clips back selected after undo.
> >
> >> Yeah, I could see that being a problem.  But since in every other app,
> >> selection is accomplished by left-clicking, I was thinking that we
> >> should at least try it out to avoid confusion.  :)
> >
> > Sure
> >
> >> But we should look
> >> at other options too.  What about changing the concept from selection
> >> to something like creating a group?  Call the commands Add to Group,
> >> Remove from Group, Add All to Group, or something similar...
> >
> > Makes a lot of sense I think
> >
> >> Or since we want to optimize for selection of multiple clips, and
> >> avoid accidentally clearing the selection, we could have left-click
> >> toggle selection status of the clicked clip.  That way you wont clear
> >> the whole selection with one accidental click...
> >
> > Indeed! This isn't the current behavior, but this might be better then
> > the current one (where selecting an allready selected clip doesn't do
> > anything)
> >
> >> Just some ideas.  But hopefully tonight I can start playing with these
> >> ideas instead of just talking about them!
> >
> > OK, good, I'm anxious waiting for the experience feedback ;-)
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Remon
> >
> >
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