I have my mac set up to control-click for a right click, so the method of "right-click and then shift-right-click" works. I didn't have to click twice on OS X 10.6. And yeah, lockloc is a good habit for me. I'm switching to left-handed mousing, so this is a good time to learn habits in selecting multiple things.
Thank you! Dar On Jun 15, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Jacques Hausser wrote: > Dar, > > I'm almost sure you know all that already, and I'm not sure it's the most > elegant way, but I always lock the size and position of each control > (lockloc) - after what you can still select them, move them with the arrows, > and even align or resize them within the inspector, but not move them with > the mouse. > > Other way: if you control-click on a control, it will be selected, show its > contextual menu and… stay solidly at its place. To select multiple controls > this way, maj-control-click (but you have to click twice on each control > except the first, probably to tell the contextual menu to "jump" to the next > control). > > If you have several controls selected in any order, the menu item "align > objects" in the inspector has an option "distribute" vertically or > horizontally; here you can choose "first to last selected". Only take care > that first and last controls will not move, all the intermediate controls > trying to stay (in selection order) between them. So you need to have space > enough between first and last ones. > > If they are more elegant tricks, I would be interested to learn them too. > > Jacques > > > Le 15 juin 2013 à 23:18, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> a écrit : > >> I think somebody told me how to do this some other decade but I forgot. >> >> Elsewhere Jacque gave cool tip for ordering controls that involved selecting >> the controls in the order desired. >> >> Well, I am so poorly coordinated that I move the control. >> >> Is there a cool way to select controls without dragging them? >> >> Dar >> >> --------------------------- >> Dar Scott >> dba >> Dar Scott Consulting >> 8637 Horacio Place NE >> Albuquerque, NM 87111 >> >> Lab, home, office phone: +1 505 299 9497 >> For Skype and fax, please contact. >> d...@swcp.com >> >> Computer programming and tinkering, >> usually in supporting those developing in >> LiveCode--typically by making LiveCode >> controls, libraries and externals, and >> sometimes by writing associated >> microcontroller firmware. >> --------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > ****************************************** > Prof. Jacques Hausser > Department of Ecology and Evolution > Biophore / Sorge > University of Lausanne > CH 1015 Lausanne > please use my private address: > 6 route de Burtigny > CH-1269 Bassins > tel: ++ 41 22 366 19 40 > mobile: ++ 41 79 757 05 24 > E-Mail: jacques.haus...@unil.ch > ******************************************* > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
