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try use Triple-tap ;)
Authored by: hinsoon on Sep 26, '07 05:08:12PM

I prefer triple-tap and hold, then start dragging. It gives the same result ;-)



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Triple-tap
Authored by: MJCube on Sep 27, '07 09:00:00AM
Yes, "triple-tap" is the quickest description, but it doesn't explain what happens: in Cocoa apps, once you've selected a word with a double-click, then dragging and shift-clicking continue to select by word. To try this, double-click a word, wait any amount of time, then drag from there across more text: the result is word-at-a-time selection. If you pause on the selection before starting to drag (1 second or more) then you drag-&-drop the text. Most users don't know about this delay and assume you always get drag-&-drop. (I use drag-&-drop a lot, so I have set my delay shorter using this hint.) But the point is that two double-clicks are not necessary to select this way, and misleading about what's actually happening.

The above works with any mouse or trackpad. It also works by paragraph when you start with a triple-click. Carbon apps are different, of course. They have no drag-&-drop delay, so these drag-selection methods don't work there. I hardly ever select this way myself; I'm more comfortable with the precision of keyboard navigation, such as Option-Shift-arrow to extend the selection by word.

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