[TxMt] dragging text selection

[Eric O'Brien]

I keep mis-keying this too... but TextMate offers column selection  
(which is activated by the Option key).

To duplicate some text, you have to remember to:  Select, click and  
hold, drag... THEN press the option key.

That is, it's click-drag-option-mouseup, not option-click-drag- 
mouseup.  :)

eo

On Jun 20, 2006, at 10:58 PM, Artie Ziff wrote:

>> > I am a BBEdit convert. I must be doing something wrong when I  
>> select
>
> Me too.
>
>
>> > text and then expect to move it by mousing-down on the new  
>> selection
>> > and moving the cursor. Is this posted in a AQ somewhere?
>>
>>   It works fine here...
>>
>>   ...just select, click & hold until the 'I Beam' cursor turns to  
>> an arrow,
>>   and enjoy dragginess :D
>
>
> Yes. And in the Mac User Interface that I recall, the option key was
> used for a duplication type of override to many commands. In any
> editor I used, pressing the "option" modifier key in conjunction with
> this mouse-down-then-drag would result in a copy of the text in the
> destination instead of just a move of the text. How can I do that in
> Textmate?
>
> Thanks!
>
> PS: is this in a FAQ? :-}
>