Triple-click has changed in 2.9

Phil Davis revdev at pdslabs.net
Tue Jun 3 20:11:44 EDT 2008


Ken Ray wrote:
> On 6/3/08 1:36 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Looking at examples in the wild, in non-Apple apps triple-click
>> behaviors appear to be implemented inconsistently:  in Firefox and
>> Thunderbird a triple-click does not include the trailing return, but in
>> Adobe GoLive it does.
>>
>> But in Apple apps like TextEdit, Stickies, iWeb, and iCal, a
>> triple-click consistently includes the trailing return.
>>     
>
> Word 2008, iTunes, TextMate, Coda, and Feeder also select the trailing
> return of a line when triple-clicking; so it seems like what we were *used*
> to was a bug! 
>   

Hmmm. Let me see (retesting on Mac... never believing what I'm told) OK, 
I just expanded my test to include more apps. Sure enough, there's 
variety out there. (Retesting on Vista...) wow - there's variety on 
Windows too.

Dang - I was hoping it would be a black-and-white, open and shut case. 
Oh well. Better to learn now than later. Thanks for the help guys!

> ;-)
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

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