On 11/28/12 3:04 PM, Richmond wrote:
I am currently "retooling" my Devawriter as folks are finding they cannot quite get their heads round some aspects of the GUI, and, having used the SHIFT key as a modifier inconsistenly across the current 8-odd interfaces I am now intending to use it for a consistent task, and start using the ALT / OPTION key for another task. I am eschewing the commandKey and the ctrlKey as they respond to different keys on the keyboard depending on the OS the computer is running.I would be grateful for some feedback from anybody about how they feel about using the ALT / OPTION key as a modifier of this sort: on mouseUP do something if the altKey() is down then do something extra end if end mouseUp
I think that's the standard way to provide alternate or optional behaviors, hence the name of those keys.
The shift key is generally used to retrain or limit an action, such as limiting a drag to a straight line. Opt/Alt keys provide optional/alternate variations on an existing behavior.
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