[Bf-funboard] Rectangle select (B key)

Jonathan Williamson jonathan at cgcookie.com
Sat Feb 13 20:58:43 CET 2016


Delete with MMB is default behavior currently. 

> On Feb 13, 2016, at 1:58 PM, Jacob Merrill <blueprintrandom1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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