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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Selecting in SC Mode (was: Re: kdelibs/kdecore)
From:       Michael Reiher <michael.reiher () gmx ! de>
Date:       2000-03-17 16:57:51
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David Faure wrote:
> 
> > > autoselection for KIconView et al should be off by default (as discussed with
> > > David)
> > Hmm, but what is the recommended default way to simply select a single
> > object then?
> 
> Oh hmmm, good point.
> 
> But I usually don't select a single file. What for ?
> Whatever you want to do with it, you can do it right away
> without selecting it.
Ahh, right. Now I remember, this was the argument why a way of selecting
a single file is not required;) Well, really not neccessary in a file
manager.

> 
> What do you have in mind ?
I wanted to make Pixie work with KIconView. Right now if you single
click, i.e. select, a file it shows a preview(though a bit a strange
one) and if you double click the image gets loaded into the main window.
In this case it really makes sence to only select a single item, as
showing the preview is much faster than loading the whole image each
time. And a context menu not really useable here.

> 
> > The style guide doesn´t seem to talk about that. Waldo?
> > IMHO auto-select should be on by default. Who´s annoyed by it can
> > disable it.
> 
> It's all about majority / a reasonable default ;-)
Ok, another try on kde-look. With a different subject and a request for
comment this time:)

Should it be possible to select a single item in single click mode?
(IMO, yes) 
What is the recommended way to do it? 
Should auto-select be on or off by default? 

Comments, please!

Greets

Michael

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Michael Reiher
     Student at Dresden University of Technology
          Department of Computer Science
               email: michael.reiher@gmx.de

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