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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Annoying object selection behaviour in gschem > 1.6.2
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Hi Dmitry, Thanks for the explanation.

It's a real pity that the change in object selection code > 1.6.2 has this potentially dangerous side effect (i.e. when drag-selecting a group of objects, it is nearly always undesirable to partially select an object). In ≤ 1.6.2, NO part of an object is selected by a drag-select unless the selection window surrounds the full extent of the object. 

Can you see a way to revert to that behaviour without going into the gschem code?

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Roger Williams <roger AT qux DOT com>
Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation

> On 23 Oct 2016, at 23:18, (graahnul DOT grom AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 16:58:05 -0400
> "Roger Williams (roger AT qux DOT com) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
>> Unfortunately, the on_select code isn't quite the
>> behaviour I would like to see, since it prevents you from
>> selecting individual attributes for editing. This hook
>> should only be applied to objects selected by a *window
>> selection*, not by discrete mouse clicks. Any suggestion?
> 
> Hi Roger,
> 
>  If I understand correctly, by "window selection" you mean holding left mouse
> button, then dragging - drawing a box around objects,
> thus selecting them, right?
>  Unfortunately, we cannot determine whether selection was
> made by that "window selection" method or by clicking individual items, or by
> some other means. So, at most, we can make the behaviour configurable, as in
> the code example above: press F2, and you can select/edit single attribute;
> press F1, and window selection will work as intended.
> 
> Dmitry.