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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Strange selection highlighting system in Konqueror
From:       Datschge <datschge () gmx ! de>
Date:       2004-11-24 15:41:13
Message-ID: 200411241640.45988.datschge () gmx ! de
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On Wednesday 24 November 2004 12:59, ´ácek Kry¨tof wrote:
> Imagine this situation in Konqueror's right panel:
>
> file1 ... no highlight
> file2 ... keyboard cursor highlight (transparent highlight)

Please put highlight in quotes here, this is the cursor (everywhere in 
KDE the cursor signifies the location of action, like while typing 
text, browsing through an UI etc.)...

> file3 ... full highlight (opaque highlight)

...and this the selection (everywhere in KDE a selection signifies 
something which can be copied/pasted/cutted/deleted and whatever else 
through a shortcut, the right click menu or the toolbar).

> Do you think everybody can say for sure what happens if:
>
> - delete is pressed?

Selected entries get deleted.

> - Enter is pressed?

The entry at the cursor gets 'executed'.

> - copy is pressed?

The selected entries get copied.

> I bet, many new users will not. That was my point.

I got your point, that's why I described how this case is handled 
under newer Windows and under Mac OS X. You seem not to bother to say 
what approach you'd like to see and why or what's your issue with 
finding out about KDE's behavior (which b.t.w. is similar to how 
pre-XP Windows behaved, but more consistent).

Cheers, Datschge
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