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Use Command-select and drag-select together
Authored by: diegs on Oct 06, '05 07:42:56AM

Well, I found it extremely useful, having only ever used Mac OS since 10.4, and always struggling to find a way to select multiple, non-contiguous items in a list quickly.

With other OSes, I used to click, hold shift, and click at the bottom of my first range, then control-click, hold control and shift, and click at the bottom of my next range. This would select two non-contiguous ranges.

The behaviour in Mac OS (X) is different, if you follow the process above (using command in lieu of control of course) it will automatically select everything between your two ranges.

This method, which imho is not immediately intuitive (or perhaps I'm just too trained with the other way), lets you be nearly as efficient when selecting multiple, non-adjacent groups of items. Thank you for probably saving me several minutes a day in selecting things!



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actually it works the way you describe in SOME apps.
Authored by: nick on Oct 06, '05 08:39:38AM

works as you discribe in:

- addressbook
- iphoto
- mail (mails and mailboxes)
- safari (in the bookmarks)
- ichat (in the buddy-list)

sadly doesn't work in:

- finder
- itunes

it's the same as with the interface-mess (aqua, metal, unified... uno saved me): consitency, apple! please!

regards, n.



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actually it works the way you describe in SOME apps.
Authored by: jctull on Oct 06, '05 10:19:53AM

Agreed! This is a PITA. Often I want to select noncontiguous selections in iTunes to drag over to the iPod. I have not found a method to do so other than selecting a large range and command-clicking to deselect. This is a major flaw in the app in my opinion.



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actually it works the way you describe in SOME apps.
Authored by: simonpie on Oct 06, '05 11:01:55AM

Works fine in the finder.

iTunes does not do much correctly interfacewise, so its not surprising it does not work.



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no.
Authored by: nick on Oct 07, '05 11:19:21AM

it doesn't work in my finder for shure. tiger. i'm pretty shure it didn't work in panther, too.



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Use Command-select and drag-select together
Authored by: TriNeuro on Oct 06, '05 10:00:33AM

Nearly as efficient?

1. Cmd-drag a few items
2. Scroll to next items if needed
3. Cmd-drag a few more
4. Cmd-click a few of previously selected away, if needed
5. Repeat as necessary to select all desired items...

It really works quite fast..



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