Bug 251210 - [Graphical Editor] Provide range selection in the graphical view's figures
Summary: [Graphical Editor] Provide range selection in the graphical view's figures
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WTP Source Editing
Classification: WebTools
Component: wst.xsd (show other bugs)
Version: 3.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.1 M5   Edit
Assignee: Keith Chong CLA
QA Contact: Keith Chong CLA
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Whiteboard: EaseOfUse
Keywords: usability
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Blocks: 251557
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Reported: 2008-10-17 08:49 EDT by Valentin Baciu CLA
Modified: 2009-01-25 15:40 EST (History)
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Description Valentin Baciu CLA 2008-10-17 08:49:56 EDT 
It is fairly standard behaviour that (at least on Windows) the user can select a set of things by selecting the first thing then using Shift+left mouse click on the last thing. This is for example how the user can select multiple files in the project explorer, or multiple problems in the problems view, etc. I'm not entirely sure about other platforms, but I suspect they have a similar mechanism for range selection.

Our GEF figures used in the graphical view are not behaving like this. For example in a complex type with multiple attributes or elements one cannot use this gesture to select more than one element/attribute. The user must Ctrl+click repeatedly to select multiple components to achieve the end result. 

Our figures should be enhanced to support range selection.
Comment 1 Keith Chong CLA 2009-01-21 19:22:30 EST 
Targetting 3.1 M5
Comment 2 Keith Chong CLA 2009-01-22 18:07:35 EST 
Fixed in wtp-sdk-I-3.1-20090122163112
Comment 3 Valentin Baciu CLA 2009-01-24 18:06:29 EST 
Verified with I-3.1-20090124061757.
Comment 4 Valentin Baciu CLA 2009-01-24 18:06:41 EST 
Closing.