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List:       kde-look
Subject:    RE: koffice/kpresenter
From:       "Santiago Burbano" <santib () mtservicios ! com>
Date:       1999-12-10 11:34:12
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> Ctrl-A meaning "Select All" is *VERY* common on all platforms but
> Unix.  I can guarantee that when kword and kpresenter "go public", we
> will be swamped with bug reports or feature requests saying that we
> need to have a shortcut for Select All.  When told, "use
> Shift-Ctrl-Home and Shift-Ctrl-End instead of the usual Ctrl-A"..
> well, be prepared for a lot of screaming.
>

I don't know if somebody has thought about what happens with
Shift-Ctrl-Home/End when 'vertical selection' is enabled in a text editor.
If I am in the first column of text, the consistent behaviour should be to
select the first column of text, not all the text. So, Shift-Ctrl-Home/End
is not a good replacement for a 'Select All' keystroke.

IMHO, we should go for a special keystroke for this (Ctrl+A or whatever,
doesn't matter).

Santiago

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