Unable to CTRL select while dragging the mouse

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Unable to CTRL select while dragging the mouse

Postby Greenmind » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:30 pm

I can no longer use the CTRL button to select single headers and also to drag and select multiple headers as I could in Version 6.0 and earlier. It just loses the previously selected headers and acts like I don't have the CTRL button pushed.
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Re: Unable to CTRL select while dragging the mouse

Postby Quade » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:49 am

Looking at that's on my todo list. The issue is that drag select always enforces a contiguous range. For example you can drag select, hold down Ctrl and then click individual items but, when you drag select again without letting go of Ctrl, you end up with a contiguous block of selected items.
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Re: Unable to CTRL select while dragging the mouse

Postby astrax » Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:33 am

that's one issue I still struggle with, using the new NB. but it's good to see that's on your list, since it's quite annoying when selecting multiple posts - but that could be me only :)
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Re: Unable to CTRL select while dragging the mouse

Postby Ribble » Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:23 pm

CTRL select - By habit I still do it, even though I know it doesn't work.
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Re: Unable to CTRL select while dragging the mouse

Postby Quade » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:36 am

Yeah, yeah joggling my elbow. I know. It's on the list.
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Re: Unable to CTRL select while dragging the mouse

Postby johnchristo » Tue May 15, 2018 11:36 pm

This drives me bonkers too. After painstakingly selecting a few dozen posts from search results using Ctrl-click, I inadvertently Ctrl-click-drag on one and now I've got a big block selection full of junk. Sigh and start over. If this can't be easily fixed, I'd vote for disabling it.
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