[Alphacocoa-devel] Command-double-click (RFC)

[<bde...@or...>]

Hi all,

I’d like to hear suggestions about Command-Double-Click.

Traditionally in Alpha Command-double-clicking on a word triggers a mode-dependent behavior which generally amounts to searching a definition for the clicked word.

But Command-clicking (single or double click) is used by most Mac applications to make a multiple selection: for instance, you select one portion of text then, while holding the command key, you select another (discontiguous) portion of text. You get a selection made of two or more pieces.

So we get a contradiction: if Alpha’s traditional behavior is to be maintained, it becomes impossible to make a multiple selection by double-clicking (but is still possible by single-clicking-dragging-releasing the mouse).

My suggestion would be the following: leave command-clicking (single or double) to multiple selections since users might be used to this common behavior and change Alpha’s traditional (but uncommon) behavior to Option-Command-Double-Click (i.e. add Option).

Any suggestions ?

cheers,
Bernard