Something that Drives me *CRAZY*

[Brad Sampson]

On 2/23/07, Devin Asay <devin_asay at byu.edu> wrote:
>
> On Feb 23, 2007, at 1:57 PM, Bob Warren wrote:
>
> > Dave wrote:
> >
> >> I've been suffering in silence about this for ages!
> >
> > Has anyone else been driven crazy by the way in which the IDE
> > selects  and then moves objects? What I mean is that it's way too
> > easy to move  an object just by selecting it. e.g. you select it
> > with a mouse down  and accidently move the mouse and then the
> > objects shifts a couple of  pixels. I think the mouse should be "de-
> > bounced", e.g. any movement  within a short period should be
> > ignored, or better still it shouldn't  move the object until it's
> > been selected by a Mouse Down and a Mouse  Up, then to move it you
> > Mouse Down, or maybe you should only be able  to move it by
> > dragging a certain area.
> >
> > Anyone agree???
> >
> > _________________________________________________
> >
> > Perhaps I'm missing something here, but doesn't the "Lock size and
> > position" option in the control's properties solve this problem? Or
> > would it be equally annoying to you to have to set this property
> > for all your controls? If so, I would suggest putting forward the
> > idea of a global property/switch to lock all controls.
> >
> > Bob
>
> For me it's mostly annoying during the time after I've put controls
> onto a card but before I've got them finally positioned. Once they're
> where I want them, I lock their positions and it's not a problem
> anymore. If there is a way "screen out" inadvertent moves associated
> with mouse clicks, I'm all for it.
>
> Devin
>
>
> Devin Asay
> Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
> Brigham Young University
>
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