<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">You lost me with the <I>"braindead block editing zero-column selection"</I> . How <I>should</I> it work?</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV>The model here should be sub-etha-edit</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Here you option drag across a group of lines and they are all highlighted showing they are in group edit mode, then, where ever you insert the selection point or make a selection, that region is group edited (vertically through the lines).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The benefits are massive: no need for pixel-perfect (pixel-perfect!) dragging of a selection across numerous lines (often several vertical cm). Just a single crude drag-as-you-like option select. Followed by a normal "click here to edit" selection.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It is far more reliable and far more usable.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>