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Multi-selection: Select the whole block before moving on to multi-select #6949

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joehoyle opened this issue May 25, 2018 · 4 comments
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Multi-selection: Select the whole block before moving on to multi-select #6949

joehoyle opened this issue May 25, 2018 · 4 comments
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[Feature] Block Multi Selection The ability to select and manipulate multiple blocks [Feature] Writing Flow Block selection, navigation, splitting, merging, deletion... [Priority] Low Used to indicate that the issue at hand isn't a top priority to address and can be handled later

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When I'm editing a post with my keyboard only, and hold SHIFT + arrow keys to progressively select more text, once I reach the block boundary (and have all text selected), the next "SHIFT + down arrow" will select the current block, and the next block.

It would feel much more natural to me if first it selected just the current block, and then once I press SHIFT + down again, it would select the 2 blocks.

I don't know if I'm describing it super well, so I made a quick gif of the current behavior:

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There's no step inbetween having the inner text selected (up until the last word) and then having 2 blocks selected. I think there should certainly be first a selection of the whole current block step, so I could more easily achieve block-level operations on the current block.
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@mtias mtias added the [Feature] Writing Flow Block selection, navigation, splitting, merging, deletion... label Jun 22, 2018
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mtias commented Jun 22, 2018

It sounds similar to formatting boundaries (links, bold, italics) but applied to blocks. cc @iseulde @mcsf

@mtias mtias added the [Priority] Low Used to indicate that the issue at hand isn't a top priority to address and can be handled later label Jul 19, 2018
@mcsf mcsf changed the title Add current block selection inbetween selection of inner-block contents and multiblock selection Multi-selection: Select the whole block before moving on to multi-select Jul 19, 2018
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In a similar scenario, pressing Ctrl+A once will select the text in a block. Pressing it again does nothing. Pressing it a third time selects all blocks.

I think pressing Ctrl+A twice should select the block, rather than doing nothing. It feels weird for it to select the text, then seem to do nothing, then select all blocks.

@designsimply designsimply added the [Feature] Block Multi Selection The ability to select and manipulate multiple blocks label Jan 8, 2019
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Quick note to mention some issues with ctrl+a, or meta+a, noted in the latest comment were fixed in #8180.

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After reviewing this issue in more detail, it appears that #3629 has some in-depth discussion about selecting text over multiple blocks and I would like to consolidate to that issue. @joehoyle if you think this issue should remain open separate from #3629, please ask to re-open here with a note. Thank you!

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