TM is very sensitive about order in which Alt and mouse button are released. I often end up with regular selection when I try to select columns.
I've checked XCode and Word - both requre Alt to be pressed only when clicking mouse button, not when relasing. I find that much easier to work with - it's fail-safe and I don't have to hold Alt when selecting.
Is there a reason why TM has selection implemented like this? Can this be changed or made configurable?
On 7/6/2006, at 14:01, porneL wrote:
[...] Is there a reason why TM has selection implemented like this?
If you drag text and hold option, it will instead copy (rather than move), here you need to hold down option to keep it at that state -- TextMate follows that behavior.
I view column selection as similar “state modifier.”
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:29:59 +0100, Allan Odgaard throw-away-1@macromates.com wrote:
On 7/6/2006, at 14:01, porneL wrote:
[...] Is there a reason why TM has selection implemented like this?
If you drag text and hold option, it will instead copy (rather than move), here you need to hold down option to keep it at that state -- TextMate follows that behavior.
I view column selection as similar “state modifier.”
I can't get used to it :/
For me column and line selection are so different, that they're separate operations. And I associate "dropping file" with releasing mouse, but "selecting text" with pressing it.
Can you change behavior of selection to match XCode?
It might even be TM-compatible: * if option was held when mouse button was pressed, force selection mode to be columnar * if option wasn't held when mouse button was pressed, use current TM toggling behavior
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:29:59 +0100, Allan Odgaard throw-away-1@macromates.com wrote:
[...] Is there a reason why TM has selection implemented like this?
If you drag text and hold option, it will instead copy (rather than move), here you need to hold down option to keep it at that state -- TextMate follows that behavior.
I view column selection as similar “state modifier.”
Is there any chance it to be modified to match other editors rather than finder? I really really can't get used to it - when selecting text I have habit of releasing key and mouse at the same time, so outcome of columnar selection is random for me.
I'm not asking to change defaults - I'd be happy if I could just change hidden plist setting or any other hack.
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