09-09-2023, 08:59 AM | #31 |
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Curious why holding ctrl to drag and drop text would be necessary (or recommended). Are you dragging and dropping or copy/pasting? I admit drag 'n' drop text editing is not my cup of tea. I disable all code-completion, code-collapsing, and drag and drop wherever possible in my Code Editors. In my experience, their only purpose seems to be to do things that I don't want to be done. Does ctrl leave the text in place while dragging a copy to a new location?
Otherwise, Turtle91's explanation for what's happening seems highly likely. Holding ctrl while left clicking a class name has had that behavior for quite a while now, I believe. If that's indeed the case, overlap with a Sigil feature is one more reason why drag 'n' drop in Code View is unlikely to be officially supported. Last edited by DiapDealer; 09-09-2023 at 10:00 AM. |
09-09-2023, 11:18 AM | #32 |
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If you still have to highlight a word in order to drag and drop copy(with cntrl key held down) why not just use copy and paste shortcuts? They are faster, and both require the keyboard.
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09-09-2023, 06:58 PM | #33 |
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I discovered what was stopping me from getting two instances of Sigil to run.
In the situation where I've wanted two instances I was using a version of calibre portable in which I had the calibre Open With plugin installed. Because of my use of kb shortcuts I'd forgotten the plugin was there. I've replaced it with a version of calibre that has Kovid's built-in Open With… from it I can start multiple instances of Sigil… with the same shortcut (Shift+S), of course. Drag-drop copy/move of text blocks can be effective in a word processor with word, sentence, paragraph, and page select, particularly if you have a mouse with shift, ctrl and alt buttons. In a code editor less so. Last edited by BetterRed; 09-09-2023 at 07:31 PM. |
09-09-2023, 07:52 PM | #34 |
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I swear someday I'm going to change my signature to: "Before reporting a Sigil issue, please make sure you can duplicate it when launching Sigil completely independent of calibre."
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09-09-2023, 11:30 PM | #35 |
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09-10-2023, 11:52 AM | #36 |
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Once the text is selected, you have to press the left mouse button before Control.
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