[Bf-funboard] Rectangle select (B key)

[Jacob Merrill]

Yeah, shift+b sounds like it flows with everything else,

Another thing, if you tap mouse 3 while box selecting, can it remove all
that are selected that are inside the box? Like circle select?
On Feb 13, 2016 11:51 AM, "Jonathan Williamson" <jonathan at cgcookie.com>
wrote:

> Honestly that sounds horrible…to me at least :)
>
> The problem with those kind of explicitly direction-based gestures for
> selection is that they will often require you to first move your mouse to
> an appropriate location before starting the selection, as opposed to simply
> starting in the current location and moving whichever direction is most
> ideal.
>
> This may sound small, but small gestures like that can force your
> attention away from the task at hand, instead making you first fulfill the
> requirements of an otherwise simple task.
>
> > On Feb 13, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Fergal Gribben <fgribben at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I remember a friend telling me about a 3D application they had used in
> the
> > past, and iirc, if you started your rectangle selection from the bottom
> > left and dragged to the top right, the selection would be added to your
> > existing selection. If, on the other hand, you dragged from the top right
> > to the bottom left, the selection would replace your existing selection.
> > Would something like that be worth implementing?
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